During the month of February, 1998 New South Associates conducted a 1,300 acre survey of the Daves Creek development tract in Forsyth County, Georgia. A total of 30 sites, 25 isolated finds, and 1 prerecorded architectural complex were located within the proposed project area. Site types included late nineteenth and early/mid twentieth-century house sites, prehistoric and historic artifact scatters, an historic period dam, and isolated finds. Four sites (9F0405, 9FO416, 9FO417, and 9FO422) are recommended as potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The architectural complex (F0-00-325) initially recorded by a 1993 architectural survey also, appears to meet eligibility criteria for the NRHP. The archaeological sites and complex are recommended for avoidance, or if avoidance is not possible, then additional work is recommended to definitely determine their eligibility. Sites 9FO416 and 9FO422 contain Middle Archaic period components that are located on upland ridges. Site 9FO417 is a bottom land site that contains a number of different components including a transitional Late Archaic/Early Woodland component and Middle Woodland component. These three sites are interpreted as temporary base camp locations that contain dense concentrations of debitage as well as a diversity of tool forms. Conversely, site 9FO405 represents a small workstation located within a rockshelter. This site has been mostly destroyed by vandals and only a small portion of the site remains suitable for testing. Finally, architectural complex FO-00-325 represents a good example of a pyramid cottage farm house that has five associated outbuildings. The remainder of the sites discovered during the survey are recommended as not eligible for the NRHP. This report details the background, methods, and results of this project, as well as management recommendations for the four sites and one architectural complex recommended as potentially eligible for the NRHP.
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