The report which follows documents the results of Resource Inventory I and II investigations of the proposed Wallace Darn Plant Scherer Section (WD-PS) of the Vogtle-Scherer Transmission Line (V-STL). This section of the line corridor covers a linear distance of 79.5 km (see Figure 1), and is 45.7 m wide. The Wallace-Scherer section is the westernmost segment of the total transmission line corridor: the other two sections, Plant Vogtle to Wadley (Klein et ale 1982) and Wadley to Wallace Dam (Garrow et ale 1984), have been previously investigated.
The study corridor crosses portions of four counties: Monroe (MO): Jones (JO): Baldwin (BL): and Putnam (PM). The total study area consists of 363 ha included entirely within the Midland portion of the Piedmont Physiographic Province.
The Resource Inventory I phase was begun prior to the start of fieldwork. Conducted by an archaeologist, an historian and an environmental scientist, this stage of research assessed the current data base for the study area. The outcome of this phase was the development of environmental and cultural contexts for the study area.
The Resource Inventory II was conducted during three separate field periods as Georgia Power Company gradually acquired easements or permission to survey across private land. The fieldwork began on November 18, 1984 and continued through November 30. Then work resumed December 10 and concluded for 1984 on December 21. The archaeologists returned to the field on February 18, 1985, and finished the survey on March 12. The field team for this project included four staff members assigned on a full time basis with part-time participation by the principal Investigator and the project Manager. Georgia Power Company assigned a permit agent to assist the field team during part of the project, and the Georgia Power Company Studies Coordinator made periodic trips to the field to check progress and to provide logistical support.
The laboratory team assigned to this project varied, with full-time participation from the Field Director and part-time participation by the Principal Investigator, the Project Manager, and other staff. No constraints were encountered in either the field or laboratory phase that materially altered the outcome of this project.
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