In the spring of 1963, a number of sites were located in the narrow-entrenched valleys behind Carter’s Dam and a few of these were recommended to the National Park Service for excavation. During the winter of 1967-68, when an attempt was made to relocate these sites, some of them could no loner be found. Logging operations had disturbed the existing network of roads in the area, and cultivated fields had grown up in brush and trees. Mr. Donald F. Smith, who had made the original survey, came over from Columbus, Georgia, to help relocate the sites but was not completely successful. Of the sites which could be found, few appeared worthy of excavation and it was decided to concentrate on what was evidently the best site- Coosawattee Falls Rock shelter in Gilmer County (9GL3). Unfortunately, this rock shelter turned out to have had a very limited occupation. Because of the lack of important sites behind the dam, the contract between the University of Georgia and the National Park Service was renegotiated downward from $5,000 to $3,000.
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