Sapelo Island: "Weekend for Wildlife" Survey and Testing at Chocolate Plantation, 9MC96, Sapelo Island, Georgia

This report documents archaeological survey and testing carried out at and near Chocolate Plantation (9MC96) on February 9-10, 2007 by Norma Harris of the University of West Florida, Jennifer Bedell of the Georgia DNR Historic Preservation Division, and Nick Honerkamp ofthe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). These activities were part of the annual Weekend for Wildlife (WFW) program sponsored by DNR. State Archaeologist David Crass arranged the WFW Chocolate component for a dozen guests and served as their tour leader and supervisor. The archaeological work consisted of two distinct tasks: a pedestrian survey north of Chocolate to locate possible mid-19th century slave cabins, and a limited testing program on Structure S at the plantation itself The latter effort used volunteer labor donated by the WFW guests, under the direct supervision of Crass, Harris, Bedell, and Honerkamp.本报告记录了2007年2月9日至10日，由西佛罗里达大学诺玛·哈里斯、佐治亚州自然资源部（Georgia DNR）历史保护处珍妮弗·比德尔，以及查塔努加田纳西大学（University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, UTC）尼克·霍纳坎普，在巧克力种植园（9MC96）及周边开展的考古调查与试掘工作。本次活动系佐治亚州自然资源部（DNR）主办的年度“野生动物周末（Weekend for Wildlife, WFW）”项目的组成内容。佐治亚州考古学家戴维·克拉斯为十二位参与者筹备了WFW项目中的巧克力种植园相关环节，并担任此次活动的带队与监理负责人。本次考古工作包含两项独立任务：一是在巧克力种植园北侧开展地面考古调查，以寻找可能存在的19世纪中期奴隶小屋；二是对种植园内的S结构开展有限试掘项目。后者由WFW项目参与者提供志愿人力，由克拉斯、哈里斯、比德尔与霍纳坎普直接监督。