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Humans have occupied the Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield areas for more than 10,000 years. To put that in perspective, people were here 8000 years prior to the death of Julius Ceasar! Over the centuries Native Americans, English colonists, African-American slaves, farmers, turpentine workers, among others, lived and worked within the boundaries of these installations. The military made its own historical marks on the landscape beginning in 1940 when the government acquired the land.
Cultural resources are the historical documents, archeological sites, cemeteries, monuments, and even historic buildings left behind by these previous occupants of the Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield areas. In sum, Cultural Resources are simply evidence of past human activity.
As steward of the land, the Army is the responsible caretaker of the area's past, and manages Cultural Resources following all applicable Federal laws and regulations. The Cultural Resource Management program makes sure the Army follows these laws and regulations while assisting in Fort Stewart's and Hunter Army Airfield's primary missions, training and deployment of soldiers for combat.
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