The Cultural Resource Inventory I and II of the proposed Georgia Power Vogtle - South Carolina Electric Transmission Line, Burke County, Georgia, resulted in the identification of four cultural properties and a single isolate. Extensive auger testing of the flood plain portion of the corridor did not reveal any cultural remains, and all properties were found on or adjacent to the river bluffs. C.P. 9BUR#40 consisted of a small lithic scatter in a field road; it is not recommended eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). C.P. 9BUR#41 was a low density, dispersed lithic scatter with little potential for subsurface features, and it is also deemed not eligible. A large number of prehistoric and historic artifacts were recovered from below the plow zone at C.P. 9BUR#42, and this property is potentially eligible for the NRHP. The final property discovered was C.P. 9BUR#43, a small locus yielding flakes and Early Woodland pottery. The location of C.P. 9BUR#43 -- a flat shelf at the base of a large slope -- implies a high potential for deeply buried, well preserved cultural material; it is recommended potentially eligible. The single Isolate, 9BUR#38, consisted of two chert flakes from two shovel tests.
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