Cultural Resources Phase I Survey – Camp Perry

Lawhon and Associates staff served as principal investigator for the Phase I archaeological survey of approximately 274 ha (676.5 ac) at the Ohio Army National Guard Camp Perry Training Site in Erie Township, Ottawa County, Ohio.  Fieldwork followed a work plan developed from analysis of previously collected cultural and environmental data, and consultation with Ohio Historic Preservation Office staff. Fieldwork consisted of visual inspection, hand excavation of shovel test pits, and soil coring. No prehistoric archaeological sites were identified.  Locations where structures and buildings noted on historic mapping were investigated, but the continuous and intensive 99-year military occupation and the heavily disturbed nature of most of the land at the facility severely affected these locations. Thus, no significant historic archaeology sites were identified during this survey. Given the results of the survey fieldwork, it was unlikely that further survey work would identify significant prehistoric or historic archaeological sites within Camp Perry.