Mapping the Cedar Creek Mound 9JO208

This brief report documents a very brief project undertaken on the Cedar Creek Mound in the northern portion of Jones County Georgia on July 8, 2002. It is on land administered by the United States Forest Service as part of the Oconee National Forest. The site was located by Jill Kingham in early 1996 (Kingham 1996:26-27). This work was conducted by the summer 2002 University of Georgia Archaeology Field School under the direction of the author and Jared Wood, with the direct assistance and permission of archaeologist Jill Kingham of the United States Forest Service. The crew consisted of Tara Coile, Ryan Duggar, Jacob Estes, James Fitzgerald, Jennifer Funk, Jason Grey, Kate Kruskamp, Nicole Polhill, Christopher Rayle, Emily Reynolds, Phinizy Spaulding, Jr., Bethany Smith, Daye Stewart, and Gail Tomczak. We were also aide by retired U.S. Forest Service archaeologist Jack Wynn. The simple goal from the beginning of this project was to use out Total Station to make a contour map of a small mound discovered about 1997 by Jill Kingham. Because of mud, we were only able to drive to within 1.5 miles of the site, and hiked the rest of the way in with all the equipment. We did not arrive at the mound until ca. 1 PM and, due to other prior commitments by Jill Kingham, had to leave the site by 3 PM. Remarkably, we were able to accomplish our goal in the time window available! In addition to making the first contour map ever made of this mound, we made a small, but interesting surface collection of artifacts in the small amount of exposed ground near the mound.