An intensive cultural resource management survey was conducted by the University of Alabama, Division of Archaeology, between the dates of November 8 and December 3, 1988. The effort included a resurvey and reevaluation of selected areas within previously surveyed forest compartments that had yielded sites potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. With a view towards establishing a firmer basis for NRHP eligibility of the sites in question, a limited Phase II testing approach was implemented in conjunction with an intensive survey of virgin territory. A total of 1705 acres, in 13 separate, discontiguous forest compartments was surveyed. Two previously discovered sites received the limited Phase II testing with several other previously discovered sites re-evaluated by lesser methods. Aside from these previously recorded sites, eight previously unrecorded sites were located. Four of the newly discovered sites are aboriginal, three are aboriginal with an historic component and one is historic only. In addition, there are hundreds of structures plotted on the Fort Benning Site Map that were transposed from early twentieth century maps that have not been recorded in the site files. Of these, seven were located and are presently being recorded. Finally, two previously known cemeteries were relocated and recorded. A total of 21 sites were investigated and evaluated during the present survey.
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