Addendum To the 1980 Murfreesboro Sewage Treatment Facility Report

Summary

On March 10, 1983, I re-visited the proposed Murfreesboro wastewater treatment facilities site. The purpose of this trip was to assess an archaeological site (RLA Ht78) that had been found in the field immediately north of the original project boundary defined in 1980. The field was planted in young spring wheat, and following the recent rains, surface collecting conditions were excellent. After locating the site area, my first goal was to establish its dimensions. This was accomplished by walking several parallel transects and marking the extreme limits of the artifact distribution (which in this case consisted of ceramics, for the most part). I also noted any concentrations of material. After defining the limits

of the site, I stepped it off and then dug 5 small shovel tests, a foot in diameter and a foot deep, in what seemed to be the area producing the most material.

Although I failed to detect any evidence of buried , intact cultural zones, I recommend the site be more extensively tested. This recommendation is based on the fact that subsurface features and post-holes maybe present. The density of material and the relatively large size of some of the sherds suggest this possibility.The excavation of three to five foot units within the core area should be sufficient to make a judgement of the site's research potential and significance relative to National Register standards.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• North Carolina Office of State Archaeology Collection   •
• Hertford County, NC   •
• National Archeological Database (NADB)

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Contact(s): North Carolina Office of State Archaeology

Prepared By(s): University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 425618

NADB citation id number(s): 000000063582

Notes

General Note: The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. The attached digital file was scanned from a copy at the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was uploaded to tDAR with support from the North Carolina Archaeological Council, and is managed by the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology. Please contact the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology (contact below) for access to this digital file.

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