Phase 1 Archaeological Survey of the Proposed 3.3-Mile-Long 230KV Transmission line Right of Way in Whitfield and Walker Counties

In January 1999, TRC Garrow Associates, Inc., conducted Phase I archaeological investigations along the Tennessee Valley Authority's proposed 33 -mile 230-kV transmission line corridor and substation in Whitfield and Walker counties, Georgia. Eight previously unrecorded archaeological sites and four isolated finds were discovered. Six of the sites (9WA170, 9WA172, 9WA173, 99WD96, 9WD97, and 9WD98) were occupied during the prehistoric period, and two (9WA174 and 9WD99) were occupied during the historic era. According to the diagnostic evidence, sites 9WA172 and 9WD98 are attributable to the Early Woodland period, 9WD97 is associated with a Late Woodland or Mississippian occupation, and Isolated Find 3 is a small triangular hafted biface that is associated with Late Woodland and Mississippian technology. The remaining prehistoric archaeological sites and isolated finds cannot be attributed to a specific culture period or phase. Site 9WA174 is a probable Civil War trench, and 9WD99 is a small scatter of historic material that dates from the second half of the nineteenth century through the modem era. Site 9WA174 is recommended potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion D. All remaining cultural resources discovered during Phase I investigations are recommended ineligible for the NRHP under Criterion D.