The University of Alabama, Office of Archaeological Research (OAR) was contracted by S&ME Inc., to perform a cultural resources reconnaissance survey of approximately 11 acres in the town of Cave Spring, Georgia. Samuel D. Mizelle, II (Cultural Resources Investigator) conducted the survey, and Mr. Mizelle and Eugene Futato served as Co-Principal Investigators for the project. The pedestrian survey was conducted during the week of July 26, 2010 to locate and identify any archaeological sites or historic standing structures within the survey boundaries, assess their archaeological significance, and provide eligibility recommendations based on the guidelines set forth by the National Historic Preservation Act and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division. The Georgia Archaeological Site File (GASF), housed at the University of Georgia, lists one previously recorded site and one survey within a one mile radius of the proposed project area, as found on the Cedartown West 1967 USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map. Site 9F171 was recorded by Roger Grosser during an archaeological reconnaissance performed for the Housing Authority of Cave Spring, Georgia (Survey Report #88). Located approximately '/2 mile westsouthwest from the current proposed project, Site 1F171 is a sparse lithic scatter that included one Kirk corner-notched point and seven pieces of debitage, and not considered significant by Mr. Grosser. There is no record of the current project area having ever been surveyed for cultural resources.
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