Archaeological Fieldwork Evaluation-level (i.e., Phase II) fieldwork methods will be completed within the two site locations and will include: Completion of a One-Call utility mark out request will be conducted prior to fieldwork commencement. Subsurface testing to include the hand excavation of up to thirty-seven (37) shovel test pits (STPs) plotted at 5-meter intervals to further sample the proposed access road and staging/stockpile area located between the Dollar General and Dog River (Attachment A: Figure 2). Ten of the 37 STPs, are proposed as judgmental STPs and are to be utilized at the PI’s discretion. Shovel test pits will measure 50 centimeters square and will be excavated into the BC-horizon or to 20 centimeters below the deepest recovered artifact, whichever is reached first. Stratigraphy encountered will be separately excavated and screened through ¼-inch wire mesh to facilitate artifact recovery. Soil profiles in each STP will be recorded, and a log will be prepared. Recovered artifacts will be placed in resealable polyethylene bags with a tag that lists the appropriate provenience information. Following STP excavation, six (6), 1m by 2m Test Units (TUs) will be strategically placed in areas that would potentially bisect foundation remains associated with the map-documented structures located within the APE (Paine factory, forge, engine house, 1902 shed, and tail races), (see Attachment A: Figure 2).
