Phase I Archaeological Survey of the Final Unsurveyed 860 Acres at Robins Air Force Base, Houston County, Georgia

The purpose of this report is to document the fmdings of a Phase I archaeological survey URS Corporation conducted for Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Houston County, Georgia. URS Corporation conducted these studies as subcontractors to Cape Environmental Management, Inc. As of December 2003, approximately 860 acres (348 hectares) at Robins Air Force Base had never been archaeologically surveyed to identify the cultural resources within those areas. The project was designed to survey these final860 acres so that Robins Air Force Base would have a complete inventory of the cultural resources present within the base. Background research for the project was initiated in October 2003 and field work was conducted from December 1 to 19, 2003 and January 5 to February 8, 2004.

During the course of the project, cultural materials were identified in a total of30 locations. Based on the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists' 2001 Georgia Standards and Guidelines for Archaeological Surveys, 17 of these locations constituted archaeological sites-the remaining 13 were either isolated finds, or too recent to qualify as archaeological sites. Out of the 17 archaeological sites, five had been previously recorded (9HT8, 9HT43, 9HT47, 9HT54, 9HT170) and the other 12 were newly identified sites (9HT178 through 9HT189). Work during the current project resulted in site boundary refinement for four of the previously recorded sites-9HT8, 9HT47, 9HT54, and 9HT170--and also revisited site 9HT43 (without changing its currently defmed boundaries). Sites 9HT8, 9HT43, 9HT47, 9HT54, 9HT170, 9HT 178, 9HT 181, 9HT183 through 9HT186, and 9HT188 are prehistoric sites. Sites 9HT179, 9HT180, 9HT182, and 9HT187 are historic sites. Finally, site 9HT189 is a multi-component prehistoric and historic site.

One of the sites, 9HT8, has previously been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, and work at the site during the current project indicates this assessment still holds true. Two of the previously recorded sites-9HT43 and 9HT47-are recommended as potentially eligible for the NRHP and should be subjected to Phase II testing projects to formally evaluate their NRHP eligibility. In addition, site 9HT189 appears to require further work as follows. The prehistoric component of Site 9HT189 is potentially eligible for the NRHP and should be subjected to a Phase II study to formally evaluate the site's eligibility; however, the historic component does not appear to be eligible for the NRHP, so no further work is recommended on the historic component of9HT189. Finally, thirteen of the sites-9HT54, 9HT170, and 9HT178 through 9HT188-do not appear to be eligible for the NRHP. No further studies on these thirteen sites are recommended.