In late August of 2005 Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc. conducted a Phase I archeological survey of a proposed transmission line and substation in southeast Colquitt County. The area of potential effect for the project consists of a proposed transmission line corridor 23 m (75 ft) wide and 3,110 m (10,200 ft or 1.93 miles) long and a proposed substation tract that is 3.24 ha (8.0 ac). The line mostly runs along SR 133 and Peachtree Road. The substation fronts on Peachtree Road, and the line then continues northward across a plowed field to an existing transmission line. The section along SR 133 had been surveyed earlier this year in advance of planned widening of the highway. This survey recorded one site, 9CQ38, in the present project area, but it was determined to be not eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. The present survey discovered three additional sites, all late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century houses or farmsteads. We also recorded an isolated artifact, a fragment of a prehistoric chert scraper. We recommend that none of these are eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, mainly because of severe loss of integrity and lack of research potential. Thus, we conclude that the proposed construction of the East Berlin-Berlin 46 kV transmission line and East Berlin substation will not affect significant archeological resources and should be granted clearance to proceed with no further work.
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