Archaeological Survey of US 280/SR 30 from Cordele to Americus, Crisp and Sumter Counties, Georgia - Addendum

In 2006 Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc. conducted an archeological survey for the Georgia Department of Transportation's proposed widening and realignment of US 280/SR 30 from Cordele in Crisp County to Americus in Sumter County, Georgia (Benson 2006). In early and mid2007 construction plans had changed in certain portions of the project area in and northwest of Leslie, in eastern Sumter County. Southeastern Archeological Services compared the revised, 2007 alignments to the 2006 alignment that was previously surveyed to determine what portions of the current design plan had not been surveyed. These were the subject of an intensive archeological survey conducted in May and July of 2007. The present document is an addendum to the original report by Benson (2006) and reports the results of our 2007 survey of the new areas of potential effect. Our 2007 survey of the three segments of rerouted corridor resulted in the discovery and recording of seven additional sites. No additional sites were located in the new segment in Leslie. A few prehistoric artifacts were found at four of the sites, but only at one of these were there sufficient numbers (more than three) to consider it a prehistoric component. We recommend that five of the seven sites are not eligible for listing to the National Register of Historic Places because they have lost integrity, are not known to be associated with persons or events important in local state history and have little to no further research potential. The other two sites lie partially or largely outside of the area of potential effect, and therefore an eligibility assessment could not be made for either site as a whole. However, the portion of each site within the area of potential effect could be assessed and we recommend that neither portion contributes to the eligibility of the site. Therefore, we conclude that proposed construction in the revised area of potential effect will not adversely affect significant archeological sites.