Archaeological Survey for the Technology Enterprise Park Project in the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

An archaeological survey was conducted for the proposed Technology Enterprise Park project in the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. The project area is a 1 0-acre tract on the south side of North Avenue, bounded by Northyards Boulevard on the west and south and by the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks on the east. The tract is the site of on-going construction in the western part and an existing warehouse building and parking lot in the eastern part. Historical research revealed that the western portion of the project area had once contained the better part of two residential blocks, and the eastern part of the tract had contained a rolling mill, followed by rail yards. Furthermore, the features and structures associated with the rail yards have changed through time. Much of the tract is covered by 1-2.5 m of fill. Some of the fill may have originated from within the tract, but much likely was brought from elsewhere; it contains twentieth- and possibly nineteenth-century artifacts. No archaeological sites were defined as part of this project, although artifacts were observed across the tract and collected from specific locations deemed to represent remains associated with intact archaeological deposits, as opposed to fill. Site boundaries could not be defined and the nature of archaeological deposits present could not be established through standard survey methods. Although the archaeological deposits present within the project tract could not be fully investigated, it appears that in some areas there is little potential for intact remains (due to recent or mid twentieth-century construction) and in all cases, the remains likely to be present would yield little or no information important to our understanding of history. The possible archaeological deposits present in the tract include remains associated with residential occupation, and features and artifacts associated with the Southern Railway's North Avenue yards. Because further archaeological investigation is unlikely to yield information important to our understanding of Atlanta's history, TRC recommends no further consideration of archaeological resources in advance of the proposed undertaking.