Between June 22 and July 3, 2020, Brockington and Associates, Inc. (Brockington) conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of the 477-acre Warren Hill Road Tract in Bryan County, Georgia. The investigation consisted of an archaeological survey of the entire project tract and architectural survey of the tract and the surrounding viewshed. This cultural resources investigation was carried out for Resources and Land Consultants, LLC., Savannah, Georgia in partial fulfilment of guidelines established for Section 404 of the Clean Water Act permit.
Background research conducted on Georgia’s Natural, Archaeological, and Historic Resources Geographic Information System (GNAHRGIS) identified two previously recorded cultural resources within the project tract (archaeological sites 9BN1495 and 9BN1501). These sites were originally identified during a previous cultural resource investigation, portions of which are within the current project tract. Archaeological field investigations consisted of 30-meter(m)-interval shovel testing and pedestrian survey within our defined Area of Potential Effects (APE) of the project tract. The architectural survey entailed a viewshed analysis of all potentially historic buildings, structures, and landscape features in the vicinity of the proposed project.
The field survey identified that much of the project tract is situated in low-lying sandy flats, depressions, and drainages, with predominantly hydric soils. Our field investigation identified one isolated find and included a revisit of the two previously recorded archaeological sites (9BN1495 and 9BN1501), all of which are pre-contact artifact scatters. We recommend that Sites 9BN1495, 9BN1501, and Isolate 1 are not eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The architectural field survey consisted of a visual pedestrian walkover of the project tract and its viewshed. No historic architectural resources were identified within the project tract or its viewshed. No additional cultural resources management considerations are warranted for this project. We recommend cultural resources clearance for the Warren Hill Road project tract.
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