In August 2005, Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) performed an intensive cultural resource assessment survey of the 576-acre Middleton Plantation Phase II Tract in Camden County, Georgia, on behalf of Waterfront Group, LLC. The goal of the survey was to locate, identify, delineate, and evaluate all cultural resources within the parcel, including prehistoric and historic archaeological sites, as well as historic structures. The cultural resource assessment survey included a pedestrian inspection combined with systematic shovel testing at 30 and 90-meter intervals. Delineation shovel tests were dug at 10-meter intervals. As a result of the survey, four archaeological sites (9CM282-9CM285) were recorded and three isolated finds were documented. Recovered artifacts indicated that the property was occupied during the Late Archaic, Middle and Late Woodland and Middle Mississippian periods, with isolated indications of Nineteenth Century activity. It was determined that site 9CM284 is potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and further work or avoidance is recommended. None of the remaining sites or isolated finds are considered eligible for NRHP inclusion.
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