Key Services Cultural Resource

Survey of 375 miles in Twelve Counties

Site Evaluation Site Re-evaluation Phase II Testing of

Seven Sites Historical Research Client Wind Energy

Transmission of Texas

Location West-central Texas

Wind Energy Transmission of Texas (WETT)

is constructing 345-kV transmission lines to

distribute power generated by the wind

farms in west-central Texas and has re-

ceived funding from the Public Utilities Com-

mission of Texas as part of the Competitive

Renewable Energy Zones initiative. While

WETT was under no federal or state re-

quirement to carry out archeological stud-

ies, the company is committed to acting as

a good steward of the land and entrusted

this responsibility to aci consulting.

As the cultural resources consultant for the

project, aci conducted intensive Phase I

survey of the entire 400-mile proposed

transmission line corridor. Utilizing a combi-

nation of computer-generated probability

area information and on-the-ground obser-

vations allowed the archeological team to

focus shovel testing efforts on areas of

highest probability for buried archeological

resources while examining the entire route

for surface indications of archeological sites.

The cultural resources survey resulted in the

recording of 106 archeological sites. These

sites range from Early Archaic campsites to

an early-20th-century rural school. Because

WETT could not avoid impacts to some of

the resources recommended for avoidance,

aci also performed Phase II testing of

seven prehistoric sites.

This project required a blend of archival

research, archeological investigation, and an

understanding of the landscape. aci con-

sulting worked with WETT to develop a

method for responsible stewardship of ar-

cheological sites within budgetary and time

parameters.

ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND PHASE II TESTING FOR THE WIND ENERGY TRANSMISSION OF TEXAS 345-KV TRANSMISSION LINE

PROJECT, BORDEN, COKE, DICKENS, ECTOR, GLASSCOCK, HOWARD, KENT, MARTIN, MIDLAND, MITCHELL, SCURRY, AND STERLING

COUNTIES, TEXAS

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