Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985

Summary

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Rood’s Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is fourteen linear inches.

The Rood’s Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archives consist of correspondence, site forms, photographs, photographic negatives, sketches, maps, journal and newspaper articles, and an archival binder. Most of the collection was in good condition and stable. However, conservation and preservation were still necessary. Conservation included: the removal of documents and photographs from the old non-archival binder, the removal of paperclips, staples, and pressure sensitive tape, flattening, removal of some oversized items to oversized storage, general cleaning, and mending. A total of five ferrous paper clips were removed. Numerous staples were removed. In both the cases of paper clips and staples, there was often staining and offset caused by rusting contaminants, but in no case was this severe to the point that information was lost or obscured. Personally identifiable information (PII) was removed in accordance with Veterans Curation Program protocol from several documents. The PII removed was in the form of personal addresses, modern personal phone numbers and social security numbers.

There were twenty four oversized materials and 230 photographic materials removed from this document collection. All photographic materials were placed in archival polypropylene sleeves for protection and storage. All of the oversized materials that were delicate were encapsulated within Mylar. The most fragile of the documents consisted of four printed on onion paper. The onion paper documents were unfolded and flattened using archival bone tools. Next, the onion paper documents had to be mended using archival document repair tape due to multiple tears and holes. Every step along the way proved to be problematic since merely handling the paper created additional tears due to the extremely brittle nature of the documents. Additionally, the one oversized photograph presents a handling risk, as this photograph was previously folded and was split along the crease. The handling risk of this particular photograph should not be a problem as it is housed in an archival grade sleeve and it has also been scanned. Most of the photographs were scanned with the exception being any photographs showing burials with human remains. All oversized and photographic records were removed to the proper storage locations and also placed in the appropriate enclosures. Additionally, all removed items were cross-referenced using records removal sheets that were placed with the removed items, as well as in each folder where applicable.

The Rood’s Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archives includes a series of documents that were originally housed in a three-ring binder. The information included in this binder ranged from field sketches and field photographs, to artifact sketches, to portions of the final report. All of the documents were re-housed in an acid free archival binder with respect to original organization. The material was placed in protective polypropylene sleeves with acid free paper as dividers where applicable. All photographs were labeled with corresponding information on the outside of the polypropylene sleeves. The archivist created a Table of Contents for the binder that was added as the first page.

The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the finding aid, original investigation report, oversized material database, photographic material database, scanned asset key, and select archival photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include the box label, document folder listing, initial data collection sheet, notes, oversized labels, photographic material labels, preliminary inventory worksheet with folder column, and records removal sheet. For additional information on these materials, refer to the finding aid.

Cite this Record

Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985. ( tDAR id: 426885) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8QV3Q6R

Keywords

Site Name
9SW1

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Chattahooche River • Georgia (State / Territory) • Rood's Creek • Stewart County (County)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -85.122; min lat: 31.135 ; max long: -85.029; max lat: 31.581 ;

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

Contributor(s): Brockington and Associates, Inc.

Principal Investigator(s): Frank T. Schnell

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

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

Repository(s): University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia

Prepared By(s): Veterans Curation Program

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

Notes

General Note: The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the finding aid, original investigation report, oversized material database, photographic material database, scanned asset key, and select archival photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include the box label, document folder listing, initial data collection sheet, notes, oversized labels, photographic material labels, preliminary inventory worksheet with folder column, and records removal sheet. For additional information on these materials, refer to the finding aid.

Source Collections

Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology in Athens, Georgia.

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-35 of 35)

Documents

  1. A Cultural Resource Assessment of Three Areas in the Lumpkin, Georgia Vicinity, Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 (1981)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Frank T. Schnell.

    On November 9, 11, 12, and 13, 1981 a cultural resource assessment in the vicinity of the City of Lumpkin, Georgia was conducted by Frank T. Schnell, Principal Investigator and R. Donald Gordy, Field Investigator. Five sections of a proposed sanitary sewer system are planned with assistance from FmHA. Two of these (Sections 1 and 2, see Figure 2) are under existing road rights-of-way which have been disturbed to the extent that they are excluded from this survey. Section 3 extends approximately...

  2. Finding Aid, Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Sheldon Owens. William R. Whaley.

    The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Rood’s Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is fourteen linear inches. The Rood’s Landing (9SW1)...

Images

  1. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0001 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Reconstructed rim sherd during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  2. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0002 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Whole vessel A1 collected during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  3. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0003 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Whole vessel A2 during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  4. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0004 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Whole vessel A3 during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  5. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0005 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Museum exhibit case during the archaeological investigation in the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  6. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0006 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Native mound field during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  7. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0007 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Archaeology exhibit during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 in the Chatthoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  8. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0008 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Enlarged archaeology exhibit during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  9. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0023 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Topographical map of Recreation area during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  10. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0030 (1977)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Double exposure license plate and pilings during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  11. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0031 (1977)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Distant view of Constructed retention wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  12. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0032 (1977)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Close up of pilings and fill during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  13. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0033 (1977)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Pilings and fill sign and water during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  14. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0034 (1977)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Distant view of retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  15. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0035 (1977)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Distant view of retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  16. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0036 (1977)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Boater passing retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  17. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0037 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Mound A pre-retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  18. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0038 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Retaining wall construction front of mound A during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  19. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0039 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Left side retaining wall discolored during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  20. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0040 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Man construction worker on retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  21. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0041 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Near ending retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  22. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0042 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Lighter aerial of site post retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  23. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0046 (1974)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Showing pottery rim sherd eroding from bank during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  24. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0047 (1974)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Showing feature erosion during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  25. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0048 (1974)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Showing feature erosion (2nd Shot) during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  26. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0049 (1974)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Showing shoreline during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  27. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0050 (1976)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Showing single pottery sherd decorated in water during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  28. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0051 (1976)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Showing multiple pottery sherds on shoreline during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in Stewart County, Georgia.

  29. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0052 (1976)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Showing sign during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

  30. Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985, Archival Photograph 0037-0053 (1976)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Showing erosion at bank shoreline small dead tree nearly parallel to water during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Datasets

  1. Oversized Material Database, Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 (2012)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    This is the Oversized Material Database for the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 collection.

  2. Photographic Material Database, Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 (2012)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    This is the Photographic Material Database for the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 collection.

  3. Scanned Asset Key, Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 (2012)
    DATASET Bill Whaley.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.