Archaeological Assessment TCNS ID 21502 Proposed 199-Foot Monopole Telecommunications Structure Within A 100-Foot by 100-Foot Compound

Environmental Corporation of America (ECA) has completed an Archaeological Assessment for the federal undertaking at the subject site. The subject site includes a proposed 100-foot by 100-foot telecommunications facility. The telecommunications compound would be located on partially wooded land and partially on cleared and graded land. The existing 560-foot by 20-foot access route traverses in an easterly direction from Snapfinger Road and through a storage facility to the proposed telecommunications compound. Grading would be necessary for construction of the proposed compound. The facility would include a 195-foot monopole telecommunications structure (199-foot structure with appurtenances) and associated ground level support equipment. The facility would be located at 3164 Snapfinger Road, approximately 500 feet northeast of the intersection of Snapfinger Road and Flat Shoals Parkway, in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia.

This archaeological assessment was conducted in order to ascertain whether the proposed undertaking, on the project site, might directly or indirectly affect cultural resources, if any such resources exist. Through our review of available cultural records and databases; no previously recorded archaeological sites were identified within the APE for direct effects. During fieldwork one undated 12-ounce brown bottle (intact but without the cap) was recovered from the surface near shovel test pit two (ST2). We consider this bottle to be an isolated find of recent origin and lacking scientific significance. No other archaeological cultural artifacts were discovered within the APE for direct effects.

ECA believes that the proposed undertaking would have no affect on any historic or prehistoric archaeological resources that are listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Therefore, for archaeological cultural resources, we recommend a finding of No Effect for the proposed undertaking at the project site.