Report on Cultural Resource Inventories R-I and R-II of the Coosa River Crossing of the Plant Bowen - Rocky Mountain Transmission Line

This report presents the results of the Cultural Resource Inventories R- and R-11 of the Coosa River Crossing of the Plant Bowen - Rocky Mountain Transmission Line (PB-RMTL). It discusses the environmental and cultural background for the project area, the research design and methods, the survey tracts, and the sites and isolated finds. The conclusions drawn from the artifactual remains and recommendations for a Testing - Data Recovery phase are also included. The Coosa River Crossing project is located within the Coosa River valley in Floyd County, west of Rome, Georgia. More specifically, the project area lies in Camp bend where Cabin Creek intersects with the Coosa River. This area extends on both sides of the river, either on or near the property belonging to Georgia Power Company's Plant Hammond Generating Station. This phase of the Coosa River Crossing project involves the performance of a reconnaissance of an area running along the transmission right-of-way where support structures for the transmission line will be located. The project area was divided into nine survey tracts based on the intervening artificial and natural barriers and the required reconnaissance methods for each section. One survey tract is south of the river, while the remaining ones are north of it. Some of the northern tracts are located on the Coosa River valley floodplain, but others extend up the southern end of Cabin Creek. In addition, one tract ascends the lower slopes of Judy Mountain. The fieldwork for this phase was initiated October 19, 1985. The survey was complete be working each day through October 26, 1985. The personnel involved in the fieldwork were: Ellen Sieber and Corey Malcom, Field Supervisors and Barbara J. Pontius and Kenneth E. Jackson, Field Archaeologists. Ellen Sieber and Corey Malcom wrote drafts of Section 4 and Section 5. The entire project was under the supervision of Dr. Ann I. Ottesen who served as Principal Investigator.