Under a continuing services contract with the United States Army Infantry Center, Directorate of Public Work, Environmental Division, Fort Benning Military Reservation, Panamerican Consultants, Inc. (PCI) conducted an intensive archaeological survey of 205 ha (506 ac.) within selected ranges of Training Area M6 (TA-M6), at Fort Benning, Georgia. Twenty ranges were surveyed in accordance with a list of priorities for reconstruction of said ranges. This work was undertaken in compliance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NRHP) of 1966 as amended; Executive Order 11593 (Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment); and the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974. There were three previously recorded archaeological resources located within the survey area. Of these sites, 9ME 18 and 9ME22 were outside of areas likely to be damaged by new construction on existing range areas and were not revisited, their NRHP status is unknown. The other known site, 9ME7 1, was apparently destroyed by construction of Malone Range 11. The current investigation encountered three new archaeological resources; one site, 9ME1391, and two isolated finds, 9ME1389 and 9ME1390. All of these new loci were recommended ineligible for the NRHP.
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