Report of Archaeological Investigations in the Soque Watershed, Habersham County, Georgia

The archeological investigations in the Soque Watershed of Habersham County, Georgia, were initiated by the USDA, Soil Conservation Service by Purchase Order 849 - GA-SCS - 76, dated May 3 , 1976. This purchase order was later revised and reissued December 9, 1976 as 849 - GA - SCS - 76 (SUB I ). A second revision by telephone was made on March 15, 1977. Originally the Soque Watershed project was divided into three phases of work as follows:Phase I - Site Nos . 36 & 42; Phase II - Sites Nos . 8 & 45; Phase III -Sites Nos . 41 -R, 44 , & S Channel. The final revision, after all deletions, was: Phase I - Site Nos . 36 & 42; Phase II - Site No . 44. Phase I was completed by Marvin T. Smith and reported to the Soil Conservation Service on August 16, 1976 , the text of which is made Appendix A of this report. Problems arising from being unable to obtain permission from various property owners caused a further delay in completion of all surveys. A second delay was caused by a project archeologist, a consultant to the Archeological Survey of Cobb - Fulton Counties, who refused to enter lands belonging to the US Forestry Service without a permit. Letters of agreement were exchanged between the Soil Conservation Service and the Forestry Service and the survey continued with a regular staff archeologist. All pertinent correspondence is attached to this report in chronological order as Appendix B. A report of intensive investigation of 9-Hm- 31, a site found in Site No . 36 , will be submitted under separate cover at a later date.