In August 2022, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed pole communications tower located in Clarke County, Athens, Georgia Latitude: 33° 57’ 32.52” N, Longitude: 83° 22’ 22.56” W. The project location is located within a disturbed right-of-way.
Verizon Wireless proposes to install a 35-foot communications structure with pole mounted antennas and associated equipment at a top height of 39 feet. The proposed pole and handhole will be located within a right-of-way adjacent to North Thomas Street.
Project Archaeologist Colin Bean, M.A., under the direction of Trileaf, performed this survey in response to the planned use of the above-described parcel and the potential impacts that such use might represent to archaeological and architectural cultural resources. The Phase I cultural resource survey was designed to discover all precontact and historical period cultural resources that might be present within the project area.
The field survey of the project area, which included a visual inspection, yielded no evidence for the presence of archaeological resources within the Direct APE for the current project. Additionally, two (2) NRHP-listed historic districts were identified within proposed project’s Direct APE and one (1) NRHP-listed historic district and three (3) state resources within the Visual APE (500-foot radius).
Based on these findings, Trileaf recommends No Adverse Effect to Historic Properties in both the APEDE and APE-VE. It is therefore recommended that project clearance be granted with no further investigation or evaluation of the project area relative to those resources.
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