Archaeological Resources Survey of the Reynoldsboro Study Areas (Port Amour North and Carey Station East)

Between November 15 and December 22, 2006, Brockington and Associates, Inc. (B&A) conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of the 947-acre (383-hectare) Reynoldsboro Development tract for Reynolds Plantation, L.L.C. The project area is located between Lake Oconee and Richland Creek, approximately 12 km (7.5 miles) southwest of Greensboro, Georgia. The development area consists of two separate study tracts, known individually as Port Armor North and Carey Station East (Figure 1). The approximately 250-acre Port Armor North tract is bounded by Lake Oconee to the west and the Reynolds Landing Development to the south. The approximately 697-acre Carey Station East tract is bounded by Carey Station Road to the west, Georgia Highway (S.R.) 44 to the south and Richland Creek to the east. Cultural resources survey is a permit requirement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Savannah District, pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 CFR 320-330), in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended through 1992), and 36 CFR 800 (Protection of Historic Properties). Brockington and Associates, Inc. conducted intensive cultural resources survey of the 947-acre Reynoldsboro study area, which includes the 697-acre Carey Station tract and the 250acre Port Armor North tract. No previously listed NRHP properties or historic resources are located within or near the study tracts. Thirty-seven (37) archaeological sites were identified and evaluated during the present investigation. Of these sites, six are recommended NRHP eligible, and seven are recommended potentially eligible for the NRHP. We recommend avoidance of these sites. If avoidance is not feasible, Phase II testing investigations may be necessary to establish final eligibility of the potentially sites. For eligible sites, mitigation of potential adverse impacts may be necessary. A Programmatic Agreement (PA) should be developed which outlines specific management requirements and signed by appropriate parties.