On June 7, 1996 two archeologists conducted a survey of a 2.3 ac (0.9 ha) tract on the near the Floyd Homes subdivision, about five miles northeast of Dublin, Georgia. The tract is located about 0.7 km east of U. S. Highway 319 and 1.8 km west of the community of Brewton (Figure 1). A large portion of the 2.3 ac tract will be used as a borrow pit for road fill for Laurens County. No archeological sites were found.
The property is in the upper coastal plain and the soil consists of deep sands. The Laurens County soil manual (Smith 1991) classifies this as Dothan loamy sand, 2- 5 percent slope, which is a well drained soil type common in upland portions of the county. Immediately north of the tract is an unnamed third order stream that flows west to join Big Creek, a tributary of the Oconee River, which is about three miles to the west.
The survey involved a background and literature search, fieldwork, and the preparation of this report. Aerial photographs dating to the 1930s and old soil and topographic maps were examined at the University of Georgia's Science Library.
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