Wood, W. Dean

This report describes an archaeological survey and evaluation of SR 140, Proposed Reinhardt College Parkway, project area in Cherokee County, Georgia. This survey was carried out in November, 1996 and August, 1997 by Southern Research archaeologists and field personnel.

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.

An archeological and historical study was conducted at a location 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Kennesaw Mountain in Cobb County, Georgia containing earthworks constructed during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War.

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The Madison County Board of Commissioners contracted with Southern Research, Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc.

The Fickling Company of Macon, Georgia contracted with Southern Research, Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc.

At the request of the Augusta Canal Authority, archaeologists from Southern Research conducted an archaeological investigation of the Augusta Canal Headgates National Heritage Area from August 11 through August 20, 2003.

This report is the result of archaeological investigations on U.S. Forest Service land on the Apalachee River near the Morgan County community of Swords, Georgia.

In December of 2004, Southern Research conducted a cultural resources survey within an approximately 464 acre tract of land in Haralson County, Georgia (Figure 1).