Cultural Resources Survey and Evaluative testing at sites 9OC255 and 9BW52 Proposed Georgia Club Golf Course, Barrow and Oconee Counties, Georgia

On September 29 through October 27, 1998, R.S. Webb & Associates (RSWA) conducted a cultural resources survey and evaluative testing of two sites (90C255 and 9BW52) in the proposed Georgia Club Golf Course located in Barrow and Oconee Counties, Georgia. The project was performed in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The assessment was conducted to locate and identify cultural resources within the project area and assess resource significance based on National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) criteria [36 CFR Part 60.4]. The approximately 161.9 hectare (400-acre) project area is located approximately 1.8 kilometers (km) south of downtown Statham and approximately 4.9 km west of Bogart. The assessment included a literature/records search and a field survey of the project area. A review of pertinent NRHP files, historic structures files and archeological site files revealed that no listed NRHP resources, previously recorded historic structures or known archeological sites are located within the project area. A 1976 historic structure survey does indicate that three structures (B2-8 1, B2-82 and B283) were recorded within 60 meters of the proposed golf course site. The locations of the structures were visited during the survey. All three structures have been removed in the last 24 years. During the field survey, a total of 22 archaeological sites and eight isolated artifact finds were recorded (Table 1). The archeological resources include 15 prehistoric sites, six prehistoric isolates, two historic sites, two historic isolates, and five sites with both prehistoric and historic components. Prehistoric resources include lithic scatters and lithic and ceramic scatters and date to the Middle Archaic (n= 1), Late Archaic (n = 1), Woodland/Mississippian (n = 5), and unknown prehistoric (n = 15). As a result of the survey, one prehistoric site, Site 9BW5 1, was recommended eligible for the NRHP. Current project plans provide for the in-place preservation of this site. Two other sites (Sites 90C255 and 9BW52) were recommended as potentially eligible for the NRHP. Evaluative testing was conducted at these two resources. Based on the testing data, Sites 90C255 and 9BW52 are considered ineligible for the NRHP, as are the remaining prehistoric sites identified during the survey; no further work is recommended. Historic resources include artifact scatters (n = 5), house remains (n = 2), and isolates (n = 2) dating from the late 19th through middle 20th century. All of the historic resources are considered ineligible for the NRHP and do not warrant additional work.