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Historic Architecture and Landscapes Group.
PROJECT INFORMATION
Project No
WBS No.
F.A. No:
U-5724
54016. LFR1
Federal Permit Required?
County: Wayne
Document: Minimum Criteria Checklist
Funding: ® State ❑ Federal
® Yes ❑ No Permit Type: NWP 14
Project Description: Realignment of SR 1709 (Central Heights Rd.), improvements to SR 1711
(Oak Forest Rd.), and construction of new access road. Project will move SR 1709 from the
south side of the railroad to the north side of the railroad, and align it with SR 1560 at the west
end. Project will remove the section of SR 1711 east from the intersection with SR 1709.
Project will construct a new access road from US 13 (Berkeley Rd.) east to SR 1711. Area of
Potential Effects (A.P.E.) is approximately 2,875 meters (9,427 ft.) long with a varying width.
SUMMARY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Archaeology Group reviewed
the subject project and determined:
® There are no National Register listed ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES within the project's
area of potential effects. (Attach any notes or documents as needed.)
❑ No subsurface archaeological investigations were required for this project.
❑ Subsurface investigations did not reveal the presence of any archaeological resources.
® Subsurface investigations did not reveal the presence of any archaeological resources
considered eligible for the National Register.
® All identified archaeological sites located within the APE have been considered and all
compliance for archaeological resources with Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act and GS 121-12(a) has been completed for this project.
Brief description of review activities, results of review, and conclusions:
See attached memo
SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION
See attached: ® Map(s) ❑ Previous Survey Info
Other:
Signed:
CALEB SMITH
NCDOT ARCHAEOLOGIST
® Photos ❑Correspondence
3/23/2016
Date
"NO NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBLE OR LISTED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES PRESENT OR AFFECTED
form for Minor Transportation Projects as Qualified in the 2015 Programmatic Agreement.
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Archaeological Survey for Proposed Improvements to SR 1709 (Central
Heights Rd.) and SR 1711 (Oak Forest Rd.) and the Construction of a New
Access Road from US 13 (Berkeley Rd.) east to SR 1711 (Oak Forest Rd.) in
Goldsboro, Wayne County, NC
NCDOT TIP U-5724, WBS # 54016. LFRL 1.2
Report Prepared by Deborah Joy, Legacy Research Associates
March 16, 2016
Introduction
The proposed improvement project is located in east Goldsboro that is situated in the
approximate center of Wayne County. The improvement project will move SR 1709 (Central
Heights Rd.) from the south side of the railroad to the north side of the railroad, and align it with
SR 1560 at the west end. The project will remove a section of SR 1711 (Oak Forest Rd.) east
from the intersection with SR 1709 (Central Heights Rd.). The project will include the
construction of a new access road from US 13 (Berkeley Rd) east to SR 1711 (Oak Forest Rd.).
The area of potential effects (APE) for this project is approximately 2,875 in (9,427 ft) long with
varying widths. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the project location. Figure 2 shows the APE
boundaries for this project.
Background Research
The initial review of the Project included an examination of a topographic maps, an aerial
photograph, and listing of previously recorded sites, previous archaeological surveys, and
previous environmental review at the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology (NC OSA). On
October 1, 2015, NCDOT archaeologist, Caleb Smith recommended an archaeological survey of
the new access road between US 13 and SR 1711. No archaeological survey was recommended
for the other parts of the improvement project.
Research conducted by Legacy at NC OSA and the NC Department of Cultural Resources State
Historic Preservation Office GIS service (hlt2:Hgis.ncdcr.gov/h/hpoweb_O found that there are no
previously recorded archaeological sites or historic structures in the project vicinity. A review of
historic topographic maps (http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/) also found no evidence of
historic occupation.
Field Investigations
The field inspection of the project new access road APE between US 13 and SR 1711 was
conducted by Legacy on January 14 and 16, 2016. The new location access road is
approximately 883 in (2,897 ft) long and about 30 in (100 ft) wide. The visual inspection found
that the majority APE (about 80 percent) was a fallow agricultural with 40-50 percent ground
surface visibility. Error! Reference source not found. depicts the field conditions at the time of
the survey. The remainder is residential development.
The new location access road APE is located in an upland flat; the drainage/stream appears to
have been channelized; a row of evergreen trees has been planted along the north side of the
channelized drainage/stream, probably as a buffer to the adjacent commercial development for
Butterball Corporate Headquarters. At T1 ST 11, the channelized drainage is outside the project
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APE; it continues in a easterly direction and between T1 ST 15 and ST 19 is on the south side of
the a ponded drainage. The relationship between the channelized drainage and the ponded
drainage/stream is not clear.
Subsurface testing was conducted in the proposed new location corridor. One survey transect
was established (Transect 1) to test this area (Error! Reference source not found.). Shovel testing
on Transect 1 began along the west side of SR 1711 and proceeded west. Shovel tests 1-10 were
excavated along the south side of the drainage/stream and shovel tests 11-28 were along the
north side. No shovel testing was conducted in the residential area to the north.
A total of 23 shovel tests were excavated at 30-m intervals along Transect 1. Soil stratigraphy
documented in the shovel tests is consistent with the soil survey classification of Lynchburg
sandy loam and Weston loamy sand. Only one of the 23 shovel tests resulted in the recovery of
cultural material. This test (Transect 1, Shovel Test 18) yielded two metavolcanic tertiary flakes
from the plow zone. A summary of the shovel testing follows in TABLE 1.
Table 1. Summary of Transect 1 Shovel Testing.
ST #
Zone 1 —
Plow Zone
Zone 2
Recovery
Depth
cm
Soil Description
Depth
cm
Soil Description
ST 1
0-80
Black (10YR 2/1) silty sand
80-85
Black (I OYR 2/1) gley
None
ST 2
0-85
Black (10YR 2/1) silty sand
85-90
Black (I OYR 2/1) gley
None
ST 3
0-75
Black (I OYR 2/1) silty sand
75-80
Black (I OYR 2/1) gley
None
T 4
0-80
Black (10YR 2/1) silty sand
80-85
Black (I OYR 2/1) gley
None
ST 5
0-75
Black (I OYR 2/1) silty sand
75-80
Black (I OYR 2/1) gley
None
ST 6
0-80
Black (I OYR 2/1) silty sand
80-85
Black (I OYR 2/1) gley
None
ST 7
0-50
Very dark brown (1 OYR 2/2) silty sand
50-65
Gray (10YR 6/1) mottled with
strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty
sand
None
ST 8
0-30
Very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty sand
30-50
Gray (10YR 6/1) mottled with
strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty
sand
None
ST 9
0-40
Dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty sand
40-50
Brown (I OYR 5/3) sandy clay
None
ST 10
0-35
Strong brown 7.5YR 5/6 silty sand
35-50
Brown (1 OYR 5/3) sandy clay
None
ST 11
Not excavated; located at the edge of the stream channel
None
ST 12
0-40
Dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sand
40-80
Black (I OYR 2/1) silty sand
None
ST 13
0-25
Brown (10YR 5/3) coarse sand
25-40
Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty
sand
None
ST 14
1 0-30
Brown 1 OYR 5/3 silty sand
30-45
Dark brown 1 OYR 3/3 clay
one
ST 15
0-28
Brown (1 OYR 5/3) silty sand
28-40
Dark brown (I OYR 3/3) clay
None
ST 16
0-20
Brown (I OYR 5/3) silty sand
20-30
Dark brown (I OYR 3/3) clay
None
ST 17
0-40
Brown (10YR 5/3) silty sand
40-55
Dark brown (I OYR 3/3) clay
None
ST 18
0-30
Grayish brown (1 OYR 5/2) fine sand
30-45
Brown (I OYR 5/3) sandy clay
Metavolcanic
flakes — Zone
1
ST 19
0-28
Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand
28-48
Brown (1 OYR 5/3) sandy clay
None
ST 20
0-22
Dark brown (I OYR 3/3) silty sand
22-35
Reddish brown (5YR 5/3) sandy
clay
None
ST 21
0-25
Dark brown (1 OYR 3/3) silty sand
25-35
Reddish brown (5YR 5/3) sandy
clay
None
ST 22
0-20
Dark brown (I OYR 3/3) silty sand
20-30
Reddish brown (5YR 5/3) sandy
clay
None
ST 23
0-15
Dark brown (I OYR 3/3) silty sand
15-30
Reddish brown (5YR 5/3) sandy
clay
None
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Site Description and Inspection
Site 31 WY518 is located in an upland flat that at the time of the site inspection was a fallow
agricultural field. The site is situated on the north side of the channelized stream and ponded
drainage. The site was identified by the recovery of two lithic reduction flakes in T1 ST 18.
Six radial shovel tests that were placed at right angles to the transect line were used in
conjunction with T1 ST 18 to define site boundaries.
Testing was conducted at 15-m intervals around T1 ST18 that was established as the datum
(N500 E500) until two negative tests were encountered (Error! Reference source not found.).
Two shovel tests (N515 E500 and N530 E500) were excavated to the northeast of the datum; one
shovel test (N500 E515) was excavated to the southeast of the datum and was used in
conjunction with T1 ST 17 to defined the eastern site boundary; two shovel tests (N485 E500
and N470 E500) were excavated to the southwest of the datum — N470 E500 was near the edge
of the channelized drainage; and one shovel test (N500 E485) was excavated to the northeast of
the datum and was used in conjunction with T1 ST 19 to defined the western boundary of the
site.
None of the radial shovel tests yielded cultural material. However, one small prehistoric coarse
sand -tempered eroded sherd was recovered from the ground surface about 2 m north of T1 ST
18. This recovery is not depicted on the site plan because it was too close to T1 ST 18 to be
recognizable.
A description of the shovel tests excavated at the site follows (TABLE 2).
Table 2. Site 31 WY518 Shovel Testing.
ST #
Zone 1 —
Plow Zone
Zone 2
Recovery
Depth
Soil Description
Depth
Soil Description
cm
cm
Tl ST
0-30
Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand
30-45
Brown (10YR 5/3) sandy clay
Two
18
subsoil
metavolcanic
tertiary flakes
— Zone 1
N500
0-30
Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty sand
30-40
Brown (10YR 5/3) sandy clay
None
E485
subsoil
N515
0-35
Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty sand
35-45
Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6)
None
E500
sandy clay subsoil
N530
0-25
Grayish brown (IOYR 5/2) silty sand
25-35
Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6)
None
E500
sandy clay subsoil
N500
0-30
Grayish brown (IOYR 5/2) silty sand
30-45
Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6)
None
E515
sandv clay subsoil
N485
0-40
Grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty sand
40-50
Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6)
None
E500
sandy clay subsoil
N470
Not excavated on the slope to the
E500
channelized drainage
Soils at 31WY518 are identified as Weston series (USDA Wayne County, NC, Soil Survey
1974) that are described as being poorly drained nearly level soils on smooth flats and in
depressions on uplands and terraces. The Wayne County soil survey reports that in a
representative profile, the surface layer is dark gray and grayish brown loamy sand about 13
inches (33 cm) thick; subsoil is friable sandy loam about 42 inches thick that is light brownish
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gray in the upper part and gray in the lower part. Below the subsoil to a depth of 65 inches is
light brownish gray sand. The soil survey did not provide Munsell references in the soil
description.
A comparison of the soils identified in the shovel tests with that described in the soil survey finds
that the soil survey identified the A horizon as 13 inches (33 cm) of dark gray and grayish brown
loamy sand; shovel testing found the upper 30-40 cm was grayish brown silty sand or fine sand.
The underlying zone, as identified in the soil survey, is light brownish gray sandy loam that
grades to gray sandy loam. Shovel testing found yellowish brown sandy clay. These are fairly
comparable in the A horizon with the exception of the soil type (loamy sand vs silty or fine
sand). The B horizon does not compare well in both soil color (light brownish gray to gray vs
yellowish brown) and type (sandy loam vs sandy clay).
Six radial shovel tests were used in conjunction with T1 ST 18 to define site boundaries. None of
the radial shovel tests yielded cultural material.
However, one small prehistoric coarse sand -tempered eroded sherd was recovered from the
ground surface about 2 in north of T1 ST 18. This recovery is not depicted on the site plan
because it was too close to T1 ST 18 to be recognizable.
Cultural material recovered during the investigation is indicative of prehistoric (n=3)
activity/occupation (TABLE 3 and Error! Reference source not found.). The prehistoric
artifacts are two metavolcanic tertiary flakes and one prehistoric coarse sand -tempered eroded
sherd. The positive recovery of cultural material within the APE covers an area that is
approximately 15 in in diameter.
Table 3. Site 31 WY518, Artifact Inventory.
Accession #
Transect
ST #
Artifact #
Depth BS
Component
Artifact
Type
Description
Ct
wt
2016.0014
1
18
ml
0-30
Prehistoric
Lithic
Metavolcanic tertiary flakes
2
0.5
2016.0014
1
18 +2m N
p2
Surface
Prehistoric
Ceramic
Coarse sand -tempered eroded
body sherd
1
1.7
Total
3
2.2
The sparse artifact recovery from the plowzone at this location suggests that it is unlikely to
contain significant information about the prehistory of the area. The low artifact density and the
absence of evidence that intact cultural features or buried horizons are present indicate that this
site is not eligible for the NRHP.
In sum, systematic shovel testing within the new location access road APE did not identify any
archaeological sites that are eligible for the NRHP.
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Figure 3: Transect 1 Shovel Test 1, view west from SR 1711 (Oak Forest Road).
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Figure 7: Site 31 WY518, photograph of artifacts recovered during the survey. Left to right
coarse -sand -tempered eroded body sherd, weathered metavolcanic tertiary flake
metavolcanic tertiary flake. Scale in millimeters.
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