The following trip report presents the results of a geophysical survey project that was carried out during June 9-12, 2014 at Jimmy Carter National Historic Site (JICA). The purpose of the project was twofold: to provide hands-on training in the use of ground penetrating radar (GPR) to Regionwide Archeological Survey Program (RASP) archeologist Robert Hellman and to determine whether or not subsurface features were present within the vicinity of the Clark House at the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm (JICA- 1.000) site. Interest in whether or not subsurface features were present at the Clark House (JICA-1.003) arose after the current author conducted site condition assessment at JICA in 2007 and in 2013. During these two visits it had become apparent that the park's efforts to maintain the appearance of a swept yard around the structure (Figure 1) was exposing more than a few historic artifacts on the bare ground surface and potentially threatening the preservation of subsurface archeological resources (Prentice 2013).
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