Site 9LG79 is located on the northern edge of Buck Island, which is a complex riverine sand ridge in the midst of the vast Altamaha River swamp (Figures 1 and 2). The ridge, or island, is nearly a kilometer wide in places and is about 5 km long. It is the first major ridge from the river. It is located in Long County, about 8 km south of the county seat of Ludowici.
The floodplain swamp here is almost 12 km wide, and is composed of a series of linear swamps and sand ridges that parallel the river. The site is about 2.2 km from the Altamaha River and about 6 km from uplands at the edge of the floodplain. It is about 8 km southeast of US Highway 25 and 301. The site adjoins Back Swamp (as labeled on the USGS Bug Island quadrangle) at one of its most narrow points. Back Swamp probably was a river channel before prehistoric occupation.
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