From Bobby Brown to Elijah Clark: An Intensive Cultural Resources Survey of an 8,250 Acre Timber Harvest Area, Thurmond Lake, Elbert, Lincoln, and Wilkes Counties, Georgia, Final Report, Part I, Survey of 8250 Acres of Timber Harvest Area at Strom Thurmond Lake 1996-1997

Author(s): C. Andrew Buchner; J. Andrew Saatkamp; Eric Albertson

Year: 1997

Summary

Under a continuing services contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District (COE), Panamerican Consultants, Inc. conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of 3,338.7 ha (8,250 a.) of proposed timber harvest lands owned or managed by the COE along upper Thurmond Lake (formerly Clarks Hill Reservoir) in Elbert, Lincoln, and Wilkes Counties, Georgia. This lower Piedmont locality is part of the upper Savannah River Basin and includes the mouths of a number of significant perennial tributaries, including the Broad River, Coody Creek, Newford Creek, Pistol Creek, and Murry Creek. The principal result of these investigations was the documentation of 446 newly recorded archaeological sites and the revisitation and documentation of 12 previously recorded sites. Sixty-one sites within this suite are recommended as potentially eligible for NRHP nomination, one site’s status is unknown because it is submerged, and the remaining 396 sites and isolated finds are recommended as ineligible. A continuous sequence of components was documented spanning virtually the entire record of human occupation in the Savannah Basin, from Late Paleoindian Dalton to the abandonment of the study area in the 1950s. The study generated an impressive prehistoric assemblage containing over 5,300 artifacts, including 132 typed projectiles, several soapstone and ceremonial artifacts, and numerous ceramics, in addition to over 1,900 historic artifacts.

Cite this Record

From Bobby Brown to Elijah Clark: An Intensive Cultural Resources Survey of an 8,250 Acre Timber Harvest Area, Thurmond Lake, Elbert, Lincoln, and Wilkes Counties, Georgia, Final Report, Part I, Survey of 8250 Acres of Timber Harvest Area at Strom Thurmond Lake 1996-1997. C. Andrew Buchner, J. Andrew Saatkamp, Eric Albertson. 1997 ( tDAR id: 438647) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8K35XFJ

Keywords

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Metal

Site Name
9EB115 • 9EB485 • 9EB493 • 9EB494 • 9EB495 • 9EB504 • 9EB507 • 9EB511 • 9EB523 • 9EB566 • 9EB567 • 9EB568 • 9EB569 • 9EB570 • 9EB571 • 9EB572 • 9EB573 • 9EB574 • 9EB575 • 9EB576 • 9EB577 • 9EB578 • 9EB579 • 9EB580 • 9EB581 • 9EB582 • 9EB583 • 9EB584 • 9EB585 • 9EB586 • 9EB587 • 9EB588 • 9EB589 • 9EB590 • 9EB591 • 9EB592 • 9EB593 • 9EB594 • 9EB595 • 9EB596 • 9EB597 • 9EB598 • 9EB599 • 9EB600 • 9EB601 • 9EB602 • 9EB603 • 9EB604 • 9EB605 • 9EB606 • 9EB607 • 9EB608 • 9EB609 • 9EB610 • 9EB611 • 9EB612 • 9EB613 • 9EB614 • 9EB615 • 9EB616 • 9EB617 • 9EB618 • 9EB619 • 9EB620 • 9EB621 • 9EB622 • 9EB623 • 9EB624 • 9EB625 • 9EB626 • 9EB627 • 9EB628 • 9EB629 • 9EB630 • 9EB631 • 9EB632 • 9EB633 • 9EB634 • 9EB635 • 9LC141 • 9LC208 • 9LC210 • 9LC229 • 9LC230 • 9LC245 • 9LC251 • 9LC254 • 9LC256 • 9LC274 • 9LC277 • 9LC283 • 9LC284 • 9LC296 • 9LC297 • 9LC298 • 9LC299 • 9LC300 • 9LC301 • 9LC302 • 9LC303 • 9LC304 • 9LC305 • 9LC306 • 9LC307 • 9LC308 • 9LC309 • 9LC310 • 9LC311 • 9LC312 • 9LC313 • 9LC314 • 9LC315 • 9LC316 • 9LC317 • 9LC318 • 9LC319 • 9LC320 • 9LC321 • 9LC322 • 9LC323 • 9LC324 • 9LC325 • 9LC326 • 9LC327 • 9LC328 • 9LC329 • 9LC330 • 9LC331 • 9LC332 • 9LC333 • 9LC334 • 9LC335 • 9LC336 • 9LC337 • 9LC338 • 9LC339 • 9LC340 • 9LC341 • 9LC342 • 9LC343 • 9LC344 • 9LC345 • 9LC346 • 9LC347 • 9LC348 • 9LC349 • 9LC350 • 9LC351 • 9LC352 • 9LC353 • 9LC354 • 9LC355 • 9LC356 • 9LC357 • 9LC358 • 9LC359 • 9LC360 • 9LC361 • 9LC362 • 9LC363 • 9LC364 • 9LC365 • 9LC366 • 9LC367 • 9LC368 • 9LC369 • 9LC37 • 9LC370 • 9LC371 • 9LC372 • 9LC373 • 9LC374 • 9LC375 • 9LC376 • 9LC377 • 9LC378 • 9LC379 • 9LC38 • 9LC380 • 9LC381 • 9LC382 • 9LC383 • 9LC384 • 9LC385 • 9LC386 • 9LC387 • 9LC388 • 9LC389 • 9LC390 • 9LC391 • 9LC392 • 9LC393 • 9LC394 • 9LC395 • 9LC396 • 9LC397 • 9LC398 • 9LC399 • 9LC400 • 9LC401 • 9LC402 • 9LC403 • 9LC404 • 9LC405 • 9LC406 • 9LC407 • 9LC408 • 9LC409 • 9LC410 • 9LC411 • 9LC412 • 9LC413 • 9LC414 • 9LC415 • 9LC416 • 9LC417 • 9LC418 • 9LC419 • 9LC420 • 9LC421 • 9LC422 • 9LC423 • 9LC424 • 9LC425 • 9LC426 • 9LC427 • 9LC428 • 9LC429 • 9LC430 • 9LC431 • 9LC432 • 9LC433 • 9LC434 • 9LC435 • 9LC436 • 9LC437 • 9LC438 • 9LC439 • 9LC440 • 9LC441 • 9LC442 • 9LC443 • 9LC444 • 9LC445 • 9LC446 • 9LC447 • 9LC448 • 9LC449 • 9LC450 • 9LC451 • 9LC452 • 9LC453 • 9LC454 • 9LC455 • 9LC456 • 9LC457 Show More

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Cemetery • Historic Structure • Town / City

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Broad River • Coody Creek • Elbert County (County) • Georgia (State / Territory) • Lincoln County (County) • Murry Creek • Newford Creek • Pistol Creek • Savannah River Basin • Strom Thurmond Lake • Wilkes County (County)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.829; min lat: 33.436 ; max long: -81.84; max lat: 34.112 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Principal Investigator(s): C. Andrew Buchner

Landowner(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District

Repository(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District

Prepared By(s): Panamerican Consultants Inc.

Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District

Record Identifiers

Delivery Order No.(s): 0025

Contract No.(s): DACW21-93-D-0040

Notes

General Note: The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact catalog, artifact report, final reports, finding aid, scanned asset key, and select artifact photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include a draft report and shovel test inventory. For additional information on these materials, refer to the finding aid.

File Information

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2025-0002_OCR_PDFA.pdf 239.76mb Sep 26, 2017 12:42:09 PM Confidential
Final Report, Part I

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Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District