Braley, Chad O.

This report summarizes the results of a reconnaissance level archeological survey of the Discovery tract, a 720 acre parcel owned by Bessemer Properties, the Atlanta based division of Bessemer Securities Corporation.

Through controlled archaeological testing within the proposed right-of-way of a new bridge project it has been determined that there will be an adverse effect on one of two prehistoric sites included in the Etowah Valley National Register District.

Current archeological investigations at Kings Bay, Camden County, Georgia, are being conducted by the University of Florida under contract number N00025-79-C-0012 with the U. S. Department of the Navy. Principal  investigator is Charles H.

Southeastern Wildlife Services, Inc., Athens, Georgia, was selected to conduct a cultural resources survey on two parcels of land situated within the boundaries of Ft. Benning Military Reservation, Muscogee County, Georgia.

A cultural resources survey was conducted on 77 ha (190 acres) of the Phase II property acquired by Newton County, Georgia for the development of a wilderness park. Twenty archeological sites were discovered, two of which are nineteenth century mill ruins.

The excavations at, the Carmouche site Ome2l ) are described in detail. The site is a multicomponent, stratified archeological site located on Upatoi Creek within the Fort Benning Military Reservation.

Eight hectares of floodplain of the Ocmulgee River was surveyed for significant cultural resources prior to the development of a river front park. Survey methods involved documentary research, subsurface testing, and surface reconnaissance. No prehistoric or historic sites were located.

Archeological testing was undertaken, at the site of Fort Argyle (9Bry28) , one of the earliest frontier forts constructed in Georgia (1733). The primary goal of the project was to confirm the site's location through archeological and historical methods.

A cultural resources survey of portions of the proposed Madison - Union Point 115 kV transmission line was conducted in July and August, 1985, for Oglethorpe Power Corporation. Surveyed were 10.9 mi of existing transmission line, 2 mi of new right-of-way, and the Lickskillet substation site.

A cultural resources survey of nearly 4.5 mi (7.2 km) of 115 kV transmission line and a 6 ac (2.4 ha) tract for a proposed 115/12kV substation was conducted in November, 1985, by Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc., for Oglethorpe Power Corporation.