In September 2022, Brockington and Associates, Inc. (Brockington) completed a Phase I archaeological resources survey for additional tracts within the Robins Solar Generation Facility located in Bibb County, Georgia (Figures 1 and 2). The project area consists of four separate addendum tracts totaling 29 acres located along Feagin Road in Macon, Georgia. Brockington surveyed the primary 715-acre facility in 2017- 2018 (Sweeney et al. 2019). A 3.4-acre addendum tract was completed in early 2022 (Perash 2022).
Our archaeological resources survey was carried out for Georgia Power Company (GPC) due to acquisition for a solar energy facility. At this time, no specific use for the addendum parcels has been determined. No additional historic architecture field investigations are needed as the second addendum survey areas and their viewshed are within the area previously surveyed for this discipline. Our primary goal was to determine if the proposed project could impact archaeological resources that are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). This report includes a description of our methods, background research, field investigation results, and our project recommendations.
This is a due diligence project, although all activities described herein have been carried out in accordance with the stipulations of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (per 36 CFR Part 800, as amended through 2016) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (AGHP) revised 36 CFR Part 800 Regulations. We followed current guidelines established by the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists ([GCPA] 2019) and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR), Historic Preservation Division (HPD) (2017) as well as other pertinent state and federal guidelines. We evaluated all cultural resources identified during this investigation for eligibility for inclusion in the NRHP based on criteria set forth by 36 CFR Part 60.4.
Key project personnel meet the qualifications described in the Secretary of the Interior's "Professional Qualifications Standards" (36 CFR Part 61). Scott Butler served as principal investigator, project manager, and primary author of this report. The field crew consisted of James Page and Taylor Jordan.
Our investigation consisted of three primary tasks: archival research, field investigation, and report production. This report includes the results of our background research, a description of our methods, the results of our survey, and our recommendations for the proposed project. All field notes, photographs, maps, geographic information system (GIS) data, and the report will be temporarily stored at Brockington's Atlanta office. Upon approval of the final report, all materials will be sent to the University of Georgia for curation.
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