At the request of the Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Environmental Management Division, U.S. Army Infantry Center, Panamerican Consultants, Inc. (PCI) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of 4,279.6 ha (10,575 a.) within selected areas of Ft. Benning Military Reservation, Chattahoochee and Muscogee Counties, Georgia. This work was performed for the Savannah District as Delivery Order No. 26 of an "Open End" contract to perform archaeological services for the District. This contract effort was designed to locate all significant cultural resources within the study tracts by means of an intensive cultural resources survey. Completion of this intensive survey is required to comply with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended; Executive Order 11593 (Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment); the Archaeological and Historical Preservation Act of 1974; and Army Regulation 420-4.
A total of 297 archaeological resources were documented within the present study area. Forty-four sites are recommended as potentially eligible under current National Register criteria, and will require additional investigations to determine their eligibility status. Avoidance is the recommended action for these 44 sites. Twelve sites are, at the present time, of uncertain NHRP status, that is they are borderline cases. These will be recommended as either ineligible or potentially eligible in the upcoming draft reports. The remaining 241 archaeological loci are recommended as ineligible, and no further archaeological work is suggested for these locations.
The remainder of this preliminary report is designed to provide additional detail regarding the results of the project at this time (i.e., completion of fieldwork). It should be stressed that this preliminary report represents summary information, and when considered with the large number of archaeological loci recorded, we caution that some information is subject to revision. Below the status of the major tasks of the project are briefly discussed.
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