The Archaeological Testing of Stone Features at 9Un367

The Georgia State Archaeological Site File number for the Track Rock Gap petroglyphs is 9UN361. The site file number for the nearby stone feature complex, above and the southeast of the petroglyph site is 9UN367 (note that in this report “stone” and “rock” are synonymous). Both sites are on land administered by the United States of America Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Although some walls and stone piles at 9UN367 resemble known historic period agricultural field clearing and terracing activities (e.g., Gresham 1990), others have no known analog in the historic record. For instance, the lowermost stone feature concentration within 9UN367 contains two unusual meandering walls with abutments (see Appendix A, Figure 1). These are reminiscent of the prehistoric meandering walls that have been positively identified at Fort Mountain in northwestern Georgia. A large rectangular-shaped pile (Stone Pile 1) on a promontory in the higher portion of 9UN367 (see Appendix A, Figure 2) resembles prehistoric Native American graves excavated elsewhere in Georgia prior to NAGPRA requirements (e.g., Fish, Fish, Jefferies 1978).