Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. (CRA), was contracted by MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc., to conduct archaeological testing at Site 9HT10 in Warner Robins, Georgia. The site is bounded on the north by the bluff above the Ocmulgee River swamp, to the west by the Warner Robins Water Pollution Control Plant #2, and on the south and east by a large sand quarry. Archaeologists with CRA conducted the archaeological fieldwork between February 9 and 17, 2011. Paul G. Avery, RPA, served as principal investigator and field director. Mr. Avery was assisted in the field by archaeological technicians Chad Caswell, Mike Curran, Dan Marcel, and Jason Ross. Site 9HT10 was recorded in 1977 during the survey for the sewage treatment plant. The site was described as a disturbed lithic scatter and was not considered to be eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) at that time (Griffin 1977). The site was revisited by archaeologists from Garrow and Associates, Inc., in 1996. Shovel tests conducted at that time revealed intact buried deposits and produced two Middle to Late Archaic projectile points, along with numerous pieces of chert debitage. Further research was recommended on the site based on the artifact density and the presence of intact cultural soil deposits (Espenshade and Holland 1996).
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