An intensive cultural resources survey of the Proposed Morris Transmission Line in Clay County, Georgia was conducted by Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc. for Oglethorpe Power Corporation (OPC). The area of potential effect includes a 12.7 km (7.9 mi) long corridor that is 15 m (50 It) wide. The transmission line will be strung on single wooden poles within a right-of-way that partially follows existing transmission lines and county roads, and also follows a cross-country route. Fieldwork was conducted over eighteen person-days between March 8 and April 14, 1994. Surface survey and the excavation of 225 shovel tests resulted in recording 14 new sites and one artifact occurrence, in addition to further investigation of a previously known site. Seven of the sites are prehistoric, five are historic, and three contain both historic and prehistoric artifacts. One of the sites (9CY69) yielded a portion of a fluted Paleoindian point and Woodland period artifacts, and is recommended eligible to the NRHP. Two other sites recommended potentially eligible to the NRHP are historic house sites (9CY139 and 9CY141). The recommendation of ineligibility to the NRHP for the remaining sites is due mainly to sparse amounts of cultural material, poor preservation, and lack of integrity which severely limits the research potential of these sparse lithic and artifact scatters.
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