The area to be flooded by the Allatoona Dam was examined for archaeological remains by the Smithsonian Institution in February, 12-15, 1946, and during the period November 12, 1946, to April 1, 1947. The survey was made at the request of the National Park Service which in turn had been asked by the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, to make studies of various reservoir projects. The purpose of the present work was to appraise the archaeological manifestations in the reservoir basin and to determine if their ultimate flooding will constitute a loss of valuable data. Since it was patent that these sites and the materials which they contain will be lost forever, extensive surface collections, notes and photographs were made for the benefit of future archaeologists and historians.
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