An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Davisboro Sewerage System, Washington County, Georgia

On behalf of the Town of Davisboro, Georgia, an intensive archaeological survey was carried out on January 14, 1989 with the purpose of locating all archaeological resources within an area to be disturbed by proposed construction of a sewerage system designed to service a planned state prison facility. The area involved is located in Washington County along the eastern side of Davisboro, in the upper Coastal Plain approximately 3 miles South of the Ogeechee River (Figure 1). The project area consists of two parts: 1. a 50-acre tract of open pasture on a hillside above Williamson Creek to be used for the Wastewater Treatment Facility, and 2. the route of a gravity sewer line extending 0.9 mile north of the treatment facility within swampy bottom land along the eastern side of a small seasonal creek (see Figure 2). Prior to field survey, a records search was conducted to determine if known archaeological resources were located in the vicinity (within a 5km radius) of the project. One known site was listed in the Georgia Archaeological Site Files (UGA Athens). This site (9WG3) is located about 3 miles north of the project area, along the Ogeechee River, and is characterized by surface indications of occupation during the-Late Archaic and Middle Mississippi Periods of Georgia prehistory. Knowledge of the site is limited to surface materials and its significance is unknown. Other than this single site, no previously recorded archaeological sites are known in the project vicinity.