An intensive cultural resources survey was carried out for the Georgia Transmission Corporation's proposed Highway 127 Substation in Houston County, Georgia. The project was carried out in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act by personnel qualified under 36 CFR part 61. The total area surveyed included a roughly 1.30 hectare (3.24 acres) area of impact for the substation construction. No previously identified historic or prehistoric cultural resources were located within the project tract boundaries through background research with the Georgia State Historic Preservation Division nor with the State Site Files Database maintained by the Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia. One (1) archaeological locality was encountered during the survey. The site consisted of 12 artifacts (11 lithic, 1 historic). Eleven of the artifacts were located on the surface, while only one (1) was found in a shovel test. Only 10 cm of plowzone topsoil remain at the location. The site has been completely eroded and disturbed, thus does not present any potential for intact buried features. Due to extensive disturbance and the poor quality of artifacts, the site is not considered to be eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
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