Under a contract with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) through EarthTech, Southern Research conducted an intensive survey of an 1136-acre tract known as the Stuckey Tract in the spring of 2003. The Stuckey Tract is located in Bleckley County, Georgia along the Ocmulgee River. The property will bridge the gap between two sections of the Ocmulgee Wildlife Management Area (OWMA), and will be managed by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) as part of the OWMA. The survey was driven by wetland mitigation in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The goal of the study was to identify all cultural resources within the property, and to make recommendations concerning their eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Forty-four archaeological sites and ten isolated artifact finds were documented. Nineteen of the sites are recommended as potentially eligible for the NRHP, while the remaining 25 sites and all of the isolated finds are recommended as ineligible for the NRHP. Under the terms of the contract, two report volumes were produced. The first volume (Keith 2004) consists of a standard technical report containing the results of the survey; the second (this one) is research-oriented and contains in-depth analysis and interpretation of the prehistoric occupation of the Stuckey Tract.
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