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Speaker warns McIntosh County about burial mounds, shell rings and development risk
Summary
At the Feb. 20 hearing, Sharon Kitchen said McIntosh County contains multiple documented burial mounds and shell rings and described conducting a phase-one study for a 19-acre burial ground on Old River Road, urging commissioners not to allow development over archaeological sites.
Sharon Kitchen told the board that McIntosh County contains multiple documented burial ground mounds and shell rings and warned that development can destroy irreplaceable cultural resources. She said she completed a phase-one study on Old River Road that identified a 19-acre burial ground and criticized decisions that would permit large-scale development on or near such sites: "I did a phase one on Old River Road, 19 acres old burial ground. The county said let the developer have it. 300 homes, that'd be great."
Kitchen urged commissioners to consider archaeological and burial-site evidence when making land-use decisions. Her comments linked cultural and archaeological preservation directly to the zoning question under consideration during the moratorium period.
