The nonstructural cultural resource survey for the proposed Flat Shoals Road widening project was conducted between May 10 and 12, 1994 by a two person crew consisting of the Field Director and a, Field Technician. The goal of the survey was to identify and assess any nonstructural cultural resources located within the study corridor as well as those situated within the Area of Potential Effect (APE). The study corridor varies between 30.5 to 36.6 m (100 to 120 foot) wide and is 7.25 km (4.5 miles) in length. The study corridor is located along Flat Shoals Road between the intersections of Smyrna Road on the east and Salem Road on the west. All potential archaeological and historical locations within the study corridor were thoroughly investigated. The entire study corridor was visually inspected and selected areas which appeared to have retained depositional integrity were subjected to systematic shovel testing. As a result, three isolated finds (IFs 1-3), and three archaeological /historic sites (9RO96, 9RO97, and 9RO98) were identified and assessed for potential nomination for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The isolated finds are by definition ineligible for listing on the NRHP and no further cultural resource investigations are recommended at these locations. Sites 9RO96 and 9RO98 were found to contain no evidence of cultural middens, features, or intact strata and do not appear to meet any of the criteria established for nomination for listing on the NRHP. Therefore, no additional cultural resource investigations are recommended at these two sites prior to the proposed improvements to Flat Shoals Road. However, Site 9RO97 does contain in situ architectural features, exhibits stratigraphic integrity, and has the potential to contain intact archaeological deposits. The. deposits of site 9RO97 could contribute significantly to the archaeological/historic record regarding late nineteenth- to mid twentieth-century rural Georgia lifeways. Therefore, Phase II archaeological testing is recommended at site 9RO97 so that a definitive recommendation can be made regarding the NRHP eligibility of the site and to assess its potential to yield data regarding the lifeways of a rural Georgia historic farmstead.
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