Ledbetter, Jerald

Engelhard Corporation is currently mining kaolin in the 352nd District of Wilkinson County, south of Irwinton.

The Bobby Jones Expressway Extension Project wi-ll impact three archeological sites, Phinizy Swamp (9RI178), Lovers Lane (9R186), and the Old Dike Sites (9R134) and this report details mitigation efforts to recover archaeological data from these sites.

The USDA Soil Conservation Service contracted with Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc. to conduct an intensive cultural resources survey of a 100 ft wide corridor along the route of a proposed 3850 ft (1174 m) flood way.

Data Recovery was conducted on a 0.84 ha portion of the Tarver site, 9JO6, located on the Fall Line near Macon, Georgia. The Tarver site occupies most of a broad ridge crest that overlooks the confluence of Town Creek and the Ocmulgee River.

The Mill Branch sites, 9WR4 and 9WR11, are located on the Fall Line within the upper Brier Creek drainage in southeastern Warren County, Georgia. Site 9WR4 occupies a large terrace adjacent to the confluence of Brier and Little Brier Creeks.

The portion of archeological site 9FU4 to be impacted by the proposed construction of the Riverside Road Pump Station was tested by Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc. during the period of August 6-8, 1991.

Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc. conducted an intensive archeological survey of a 91.7 ha (240 ac) tract in northwestern Oconee County, Georgia.

Limited data recovery was conducted during the fall of 1985 on two multicomponent sites, 9Cb59 and 9Cb60, in a portion of Mistletoe State Park, Columbia County,, Georgia.

The excavations of an Early Woodland period site in northwest Georgia are described in detail. The Rush site (9FI164) dates to about 500 B.C. and is situated along the Etowah River, near Rome, Georgia.

A reconnaissance level archeological survey of four proposed reservoir alternatives in Jackson County, Georgia, was conducted by Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc., during January and February, 1990.