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Phase I Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Tubman Telecommunications Facility in Evans Columbia County, Georgia

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Report Number
9023
Year of Publication
2009
Abstract

A Phase I archaeological survey was performed on August 1, 2015 of the proposed lease area, and access/utility easement (hereafter also called survey area) of the Tubman telecommunication facility located in Evans, Georgia (33° 35' 21.97" N, 82° 11' 14.56" W). The survey area is located on the Evans, GA-SC USGS quad. The study was conducted for Terracon Consultants, Inc., on behalf of Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless, in order to locate and identify archaeological resources and to assess resource significance based on National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) criteria [36CFR Part 60.4 (a-d)]. This survey was conducted to comply with the provisions of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) permitting under the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement (47 CFR Part 1). In accordance with the permitting process, the survey was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended. The Phase I survey included a literature review and intensive field survey. During the literature review, which took place on July 23, 2015, state and county maps and documents were examined to determine if previously recorded archaeological resources were located in or around the survey area. The field survey was conducted using surface and subsurface techniques (i.e., visual inspection and shovel testing) to locate and identify archaeological resources within the study area.