Under a continuing services contract with the U.S. Army Infantry Center, Directorate of Public Work, Environmental Division, Fort Benning Military Reservation, Panamerican Consultants, Inc. (PCI) conducted an intensive archaeological investigation of six selected sites within the Sand Hill cantonment area and one in Training Area S I (TA-S 1) at Fort Benning, Georgia. This work was undertaken in compliance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 as amended; Executive Order 11593 (Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment); and the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974. Of the sites investigated (9CE 1550, 9ME991, 9ME993, 9ME996, 9ME997, 9ME998, and 9ME 1001) six are recommended ineligible for inclusion into the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and require no further testing while one site, 9ME1001, is recommended eligible for inclusion into the NRHP.
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