Phase 1 Cultural Resources Survey Proposed Mixon and Danielly-Wagner Wetland Mitigation Tracts Spalding County Georgia

In November and December 2008, R.S. Webb & Associates (RSWA) conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of two proposed wetland mitigation tracts in Spalding County, Georgia. The project Area of Potential Effects (APE) was set at the project boundaries. The purpose of the survey was to locate and identify cultural resources within the project area, and to assess resource significance based on National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) criteria [36CFR Part 60.4]. The field team surveyed the project areas along transects spaced not more than 30 meters (m) apart, using surface and subsurface techniques to search for cultural resources. Exposed surfaces within the project area were inspected for artifacts and surface features. For large areas of surface exposure, the survey team walked zig-zag patterns to maximize the recovery of surface artifacts. Subsurface techniques included the excavation of 30-by-30-centimeter (cm) screened shovel tests until sterile subsoil was encountered. The shovel test profiles were inspected and recorded. Survey shovel tests were excavated at intervals no greater than 30 m apart. The boundaries of archeological sites were delineated by shovel tests excavated at 15 to 30-m intervals. No NRHP-eligible or listed properties are located within 1.6 kilometers (1.0 mile) of the project area. There are no state-recognized historic structures or previously recorded archeological sites within 800 m of the project area. No Civil War activities were recorded in the project area according to Davis et al. (1983) or Scaife (1993). For the Mixon Tract, the 1951 Spalding County highway map indicates two structures 150 to 300 m southeast of the tract. A 1952 Pike County highway map illustrates one structure 150 m southeast of the project area. For the Danielly-Wagner tract, an 1883 map shows three structures within approximately 300 m of the study tract, one of which may have been located in the northeast corner of the tract. The 1951 Spalding County highway map shows nine structures within 300 m of the study tract along Hollonville Road.