Archaeological Survey at Ft. Benning's Compartment C-3 Chattahoochee County, Georgia

Panamerican Consultants, Inc., archaeologically surveyed 439.2 hectares (ha), or 1,084.9 acres (ac),, within Ft. Benning military reservation in Chattahoochee County, Georgia. Most of the fieldwork took place between May 24 and June 5, 1993. The goal of the survey was to make a complete inventory of all cultural resources in Management Compartment C-3, in the south-central part of the reservation. Compartment C-3 is north of U.S. Highway 280, south of Ochillee Creek, and immediately adjacent to the northwestern limit of Cusseta, Georgia. The eastern boundary of the compartment is a north-south line which forms the eastern limit of this part of the reservation. The survey scope of work called for intensive pedestrian coverage linked to 30-meter (m) shovel test intervals along parallel transects also spaced 30 m apart. A total of 383 excavated shovel tests were documented, including 27 tests which produced cultural materials and 356 with negative results. Shovel tests averaged 30 centimeters (cm) in diameter and about 24.9 cm in depth. An estimated total volume of 8.59 cubic m (m3) was excavated by shovel testing. A large portion of the survey area could not be shovel tested because severe erosion had destroyed intact sediments. The survey produced fourteen archaeological sites and seven isolated finds. Of the archaeological sites, four have both prehistoric and historic materials (Sites 9Ce5O8, 9Ce509, 9Ce516, and 9Ce519); four have only prehistoric evidence (9Ce510, 9Ce514, 9Ce518, and 9Ce520); and six revealed only historic materials (9Ce511, 9Ce512, 9Ce513, 9Ce515, 9Ce517, and 9Ce521). None of these sites are recommended clearly eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and five are recommended potentially eligible for listing in the NRHP (9Ce510, 9Ce511, 9Ce512, 9Ce517, and 9Ce518). The remainder of sites are recommended ineligible for nomination to the NRHP. None of the isolated finds are recommended to be eligible or potentially eligible for listing in the NRHP.