Between November 9 and November 13, 2020, Brockington and Associates, Inc. (Brockington) conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of the 100-acre Hendley Road tract in Chatham County, Georgia. The investigation consisted of an archaeological survey of the project tract and an architectural survey of the project tract and the surrounding viewshed. This cultural resources investigation was carried out for Georgia Exports Company, Springfield, Georgia in partial fulfilment of guidelines established for Section 404 of the Clean Water Act permit.
Background research conducted on GNAHRGIS identified one previously recorded archaeological site within the project tract, 9CH1169. The site was originally identified during a previous cultural resources investigation, portions of which are within the current project tract. Eighteen additional previously recorded archaeological sites, two previously recorded historic resources (Resource 5880 and 5887), and 15 previously conducted cultural resources investigations were identified within one kilometer (km) (0.62 mi) of the project tract.
Brockington conducted both an archaeological field survey and an architectural field survey within the APE of the project tract. The archaeological field survey included systematic visual reconnaissance and 30-meter (m)-interval shovel testing. The field survey identified that much of the project tract is situated in low-lying sandy flats, depressions, and drainages, with predominantly hydric soils. Our field investigation identified two isolated finds and included a revisit of one previously recorded archaeological site (9CH1169). Site 9CH1169 is a mid-twentieth-century house site that has been heavily disturbed by land clearing and timbering activities and is recommended not eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The isolated finds are also not considered eligible for inclusion on the NRHP. The architectural field survey consisted of a visual pedestrian walkover of the project tract and its viewshed. Three historic architectural resources were identified within the project tract’s viewshed, all of which are considered not eligible for inclusion on the NRHP. No additional cultural resources management considerations are warranted for this project. We recommend cultural resources clearance for the Hendley Road project tract.
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