Archaeological inventory survey of approximately 3,723 acres of the Brigade Maneuver Area at Fort Stewart, Georgia yielded 44 previously unidentified historic properties and three Isolated artifact loci. Archaeological components ranged from Archaic and Woodland period campsites of short-term occupation to late nineteenth/early twentieth century yeoman farmsteads and activity loci associated with dispersed farming and turpentine production. A single, previously documented historic cemetery was also recorded. The sites within the BMA are expected to receive varying degrees of impact as a result of military upgrade of the BMA training facilities. One prehistoric site and two historic farmstead sites were found to be potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, with testing and historical research recommended in order to definitively detect their significance.
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