Between January 18 and February 5, 2021, Brockington and Associates, Inc. conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of the Herbert Warnell Tract in Bryan County, Georgia. The investigation consisted of an archaeological and architectural survey of the 760-acre project tract and the surrounding viewshed. Brockington conducted Phase II testing at one of the sites discovered during the initial Phase I survey (9BN1600). This cultural resources investigation was carried out for Resources and Land Consultants, LLC, in partial fulfilment of guidelines established for Section 404 of the Clean Water Act permit.
Background research conducted on Georgia’s Natural, Archaeological, and Historic Resources Geographic Information System (GNAHRGIS) identified 10 previously conducted archaeological surveys, portions of which are within the 1.0-kilometer (km) study area established for the current project. Five previously recorded archaeological sites were identified within the 1.0-km study area. One previously recorded historic resource (Resource 1) is located within the current project tract and another historic resource is located within 1.0- km of the project tract.
The archaeological field survey included systematic visual reconnaissance and 30-meter-interval shovel testing. Our field investigation identified two archaeological sites within the project tract (9BN1600 and 9BN1601). Phase II testing was conducted on 9BN1600, which included close-interval shovel testing, metal detecting survey, and the excavation of a 1-by-1-meter test unit. Both sites date to the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. Site 9BN1600 consists of a chimney fall, a brick-lined well, and a collapsed house. Site 9BN1601 is a historic artifact scatter associated with the farm complex previously documented as Resource 1 (Partridge and Stallings 2021). Sites 9BN1600 and 9BN1601 are recommended not eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
The architectural field survey consisted of a visual pedestrian walkover of the project tract and its viewshed. Two previously recorded historic architectural resources were identified within the project tract and the 1.0-km study area around the project tract. Resource 1 consists of a Ranch house and several associated deteriorating outbuildings on the south side of US 80. Resource 1292 dates to c. 1904 and original photographs show it was a pyramidal four-square type house with a balloon frame, 6/6 windows, and a partially enclosed hipped front porch. Both previously recorded historic resources were recommended not eligible for inclusion on the NRHP. Therefore, no additional cultural resources management considerations are warranted for this project.
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