In November 2005, Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI)-performed an intensive cultural resource assessment survey of the 22-acre City of-Port Wentworth Wastewater Treatment Facility tract, on behalf of Stevenson & Palmer Engineering, Inc. The goal of the survey was to locate, identify, delineate, and evaluate all cultural resources within the parcel, including prehistoric and historic archaeological sites, as well as historic structures, to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The cultural resource assessment survey included a pedestrian inspection combined with systematic shovel testing at 30 and 90meter intervals. Delineation shovel tests were dug at 10 and 15-meter intervals. As a result of the survey, one archaeological site (9CH1104) was recorded and one isolated find was documented. Recovered artifacts indicated that portions of the property were occupied ephemerally during an unknown prehistoric period. It was determined that neither Site 9CH1104 nor Isolated Find 1 are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and no further work or avoidance is recommended.
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