Archaeological Survey for the Proposed TDK Boulevard Extension, Coweta and Fayette Counties, Georgia

URS Corporation conducted an archaeological survey in support of project planning for the proposed TDK Boulevard extension in Coweta and Fayette Counties, Georgia. From existing TDK Boulevard in Fayette County, the proposed alignment runs southwest to McIntosh Trail Road in neighboring Coweta County. The project corridor is 2.2 miles long and approximately 100 feet wide. Background research and field survey for the project was conducted in January and February, 2001. All areas with potential to contain undisturbed significant archaeological resources were intensively surveyed. This amounted to approximately 1.45 miles or 66% of the project corridor. Areas inspected but not intensively surveyed were a 1/2 mile section at the northern end of the corridor affected by construction and a 1/4 mile section at the southern end of the corridor which had been logged and cleared within the recent past and was clearly much disturbed and eroded. The field survey identified two prehistoric archaeological sites on the property. Site 9CW153 is a prehistoric site dating to an unknown time period. Nine quartz flakes were found on the surface of a dirt road 400 feet east of the centerline, and the site was recorded and briefly investigated to determine whether it extended into the project corridor. Surface indications and shovel test pits excavated in the area confirmed that this location is eroded and does not contain any intact soil horizons. This site does not appear to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. No further studies are recommended at site 9CW153. Site 9CW151 is also a prehistoric site of unknown period. The site is located on a ridgetop toward the southern end of the project corridor. Nine quartz flakes and the distal end of a projectile point were recovered during surface collection in a small field, and shovel test pits in the area. Site 9CW151 consists of a sparse lithic scatter across an area significantly degraded by plowing, logging, and erosion. The site does not have the potential to contain intact archaeological deposits and does not appear eligible for National Register of Historic Places. No further studies are recommended at site 9CW151. On the north side of Line Creek, two historic archaeological sites were previously recorded as being located within the project corridor. Site 9FY44 was a late nineteenth to early twentieth century homestead and Site 9FY137 was a dump site from the same period. Neither of these sites was detected during the fieldwork for the current project and it appears that both have been destroyed by the construction of a gravel access road. The proposed alignment for the extension of TDK Boulevard between Fayette and Coweta Counties will not affect any archaeological resources listed on or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, and no further studies are recommended.