During the period of September 14, through September 22, 2008, R.S. Webb & Associates conducted a cultural resources reconnaissance survey of a proposed wetland mitigation site in Fayette County, Georgia. The site, called the Dr. Busey Tract, covers approximately 50 acres (Figure 1). For this study, a “cultural resource” was defined as a site or feature created by human activity more than 50 years ago (e.g., old houses, historic cemeteries, archaeological sites, Civil War earthworks, etc.).
The reconnaissance study was conducted to : 1) determine if state-recognized archaeological resources and/or historic structures are located within adjacent to the project area; 2) estimate the likelihood of cultural resources being present and identify the most obvious of these within the tract; 3) record historic structures within the project area of potential effects (APE). Since this is a wetland mitigation site, the APE was set at 30 meters (m) beyond the project area boundaries.
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