Management Summary Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of a Proposed Water Treatment Plant in Bartow County, Georgia

On December 4, 1995, Brockington and Associates, Inc. conducted archaeological reconnaissance within a proposed Bartow County water treatment plant tract. The purposes of this reconnaissance were to: review records at the Georgia Archaeological Site Files (GASF) to determine if previously recorded archaeological sites are located in the study tract; assess the potential for the presence of unrecorded archaeological sites in the survey area; and to provide a preliminary assessment of the research potential for sites identified in the tract. Background research involved reviewing all recorded sites in the immediate vicinity of the tract at the Georgia state site files at the University of Georgia. All prior archaeological studies and reports focusing on the area were also reviewed. Numerous archaeological sites have been recorded in the vicinity of the survey tract, including Etowah State Historic Site (9BR1). Four previously recorded archaeological sites are recorded within the project area: 9BR102, 9BR721, 9BR722, 9BR747. Field reconnaissance activities involved a one day visit to the tract. A comprehensive surface examination was conducted and judgementally placed shovel tests were excavated. The survey tract is bordered by a dirt field road on the north, by Dobbs Road on the east, and roughly follows a treeline along the southern edge. Approximately 50 per cent of the survey tract is comprised of wooded uplands_ The remainder of the tract consists of plowed fields; the fields encompass both upland and floodplain/terrace settings. Vegetation in nonagricultural areas within the tract consists of mixed pine and hardwood forest with light to moderate undergrowth. Each of the previously recorded sites were relocated. Two additional archaeological sites were identified and recorded. Figure 1 shows the survey tract boundaries and the site locations within the tract.