In April 2010, an intensive cultural resource assessment survey (CRAS) was conducted by Bland and Associates, Inc. (BAI) of a + 25 acre tract located within Chatham County, Georgia. This project was undertaken to comply with federal and state regulations regarding the identification and management of historic properties that might occur within the project tract. The project tract is the proposed site of commercial properties which are to be located northwest of Savannah, Georgia, between the railroad tracks of the Norfolk Southern Corporation and CSX Corporation, north of Godley Road in Chatham County. This project was undertaken at the request of Kern Coleman, LLC. The goals of this project were to locate, identify, delineate, and evaluate cultural resources within the tract. This project entailed intensive shovel testing as well as surface inspection. In recent years, this project tract has been modified through earth moving with heavy equipment to form high dirt backstops for a firearms range. Previously, it was modified by agricultural and transportation use during the early twentieth century. No previously recorded cultural resources were located within and or adjacent to the project tract and no further archaeological investigation or preservation is warranted. Based upon these results, it is recommended that the proposed project be authorized to proceed as planned without further concern for impacts to significant cultural resources.
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