To date, no archaeological resources of National Register significance have been located within the project corridor. Several areas, however, were inaccessible at the time of the intensive survey and have not yet been investigated. These remaining areas can most efficiently/ effectively be investigated following clearing and grubbing of the right of- way necessary for constructing the proposed parkway, i.e., through a program of monitoring. In addition, there are several areas which have been tested by one or more of the methods discussed above which should be included in the monitoring program as well. Table II summarizes the program of construction monitoring being proposed here. The method of sub-surface testing required at a particular location will in large part be determined by its environmental characteristics, the types of activities known to have or suspected to have occurred at the location, i.e., twentieth-century domestic, Civil War, or prehistoric, and the degree of disturbance noted after the ground cover is removed. Sub-surface testing may be accomplished mechanically (e.g., coring, trenching), or manually (e.g., augering, shovel testing) depending upon these factors.
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