The survey reported here was designed to locate archeological sites in the area of potential effect of a Dodge County bridge replacement project proposed by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). An attempt to evaluate located resources' eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) was also made, to the limited extent possible from a few shovel tests within the project's narrow corridor. The survey located two archeological sites. The first, site 9DG121, is a low density scatter of prehistoric lithics. Based on samples from shovel testing, the site segment within the project area contains sparse artifacts, no evidence of intensive use or diagnostic artifacts, and is archeologically insignificant. The threatened portion of site 9DG 122, the second site discovered, is a sparse scatter of historic period artifacts near three historic period structures. All three structures, along with the artifacts, are dated by aerial photographs to the middle twentieth century (post-1940). This period is best understood through historical, not archeological, methods. Therefore like site 9DG121, site 9DG122 has no archeological significance. Southeastern Archeological Services finds that the portions of sites 9DG 121 and 9DG 122 within the proposed APE would not contribute to NRHP eligibility for either site. We thus recommend the project will have no adverse effects to significant archeological resources as currently proposed.
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