During July, August and September 2000, an intensive cultural resource assessment survey was conducted by Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) of a 2186 acre tract in Chatham County, Georgia. The goal of this study was to locate, identify, delineate and evaluate all cultural resources within the tract, including prehistoric and historic archaeological sites and historic structures. This tract is the proposed site of the Port Wentworth New Town Center and consists of modern development, pine plantations, select cut forests, agricultural fields, abandoned and razed homesteads, and wetlands associated with Black Creek. The cultural resource assessment included pedestrian inspection combined with systematic shovel testing at 30 and 15-meter intervals. This effort resulted in the discovery of twenty-six (26) archaeological sites, six of which are considered potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The sites recommended for avoidance or further evaluation are 9CH917, 9CH919, 9CH920, 9CH924, 9CH929, and 9CH944.
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