Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment Survey of a Proposed Borrow Pond, Avon Park Air Force Range, Highlands County

This report presents the results of a Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment Survey of approximately sixteen acres on Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) in Highlands county. Previously, a 45 acre parcel adjacent to the current survey was investigated by Geo-Marine, Inc. for a potential borrow pit. The purpose of this survey was to identify any cultural resources within the project area that had not been previously surveyed which might be affected the excavation of a borrow pit and subsequent reutilization as a fishing pond. Field investigations of the project area consisted of historic documentary research, review of previous survey results, an intensive walkover, and 7 shovel tests systematically placed 100 meters apart. One prehistoric lithic scatter, the Borrow Pond site (8HG1112, was identified within the survey area. The Borrow Pond site (8HG1112) is not recommended eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.