In December 2005 and January 2006, Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) performed an intensive cultural resource assessment survey and limited site excavation at the 1,350-acre Dean Island Tract in Glynn County, Georgia, on behalf of LandMar Group, LLC. The goal of the work was to locate, identify, delineate, and evaluate all cultural resources within the parcel, including prehistoric and historic archaeological sites, as well as historic structures. The cultural resource assessment survey included a pedestrian inspection combined with systematic shovel testing at 30 and 90-meter intervals. Delineation shovel tests were dug at 15-meter intervals. As a result of the survey, seven archaeological sites were recorded and seven isolated finds were documented. No standing historic structures were encountered on the subject property. Three formal excavation units and one trench were excavated within one site in order to assess its NRHP eligibility status. It was determined to be ineligible for NRHP inclusion and no further work is recommended. Another site is an abandoned and unmarked cemetery and avoidance of the site is recommended. None of the remaining sites or archaeological occurrences are considered eligible for NRHP inclusion.
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