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Tellico archaeology : 12,000 years of native American history / by Jefferson Chapman.

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This book is an updated edition of Jefferson Chapman's 1985 account of one of the most productive and significant research efforts in the eastern United States. For fourteen years (1967-1981), archaeologists from the University of Tennessee conducted excavations and surveys in the Little Tennessee River Valley, which was being inundated by the Tennessee Valley Authority's creation of the Tellico Reservoir. The project produced a wealth of new information about more than 12,000 years of Native American history in the region." "This revision retains the full text and illustrations of the original edition, with its compelling descriptions of ancient ways of life and the archaeological detective work that was done to obtain that knowledge. The new material, contained in a postscript, summarizes the discoveries, research methods, and other developments that have, over the past ten years, further enhanced our knowledge of the Native Americans who occupied the area. Included, for example, are details about some fascinating new techniques for dating human remains, as well as discussions of burial practices, native crops, new archaeological laws, and the "Bat Creek Stone," a controversial artifact that, according to some claims, gives evidence of migrations of Mediterranean peoples to the New World during Roman times.

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  • ISBN: 0870494813
  • ISBN: 9780870494819
  • ISBN: 0870494805
  • ISBN: 9780870494802
  • Physical Description: xi, 136 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  • Publisher: [Norris, Tenn.] : Tennessee Valley Authority ; 1985.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-131) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
An archaeological primer -- Federal archaeology and the Tellico archaeological project -- Geological history and environment -- The first Americans -- The Archaic period -- The woodland period -- The Mississippian period -- The overhill Cherokee.
Subject:
Indians of North America > Tennessee > Tellico Lake Region > Antiquities.
Tellico Archaeological Project.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Tennessee > Tellico Lake Region.
Tellico Lake Region (Tenn.) > Antiquities.
Tennessee > Antiquities.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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520 . ‡aThis book is an updated edition of Jefferson Chapman's 1985 account of one of the most productive and significant research efforts in the eastern United States. For fourteen years (1967-1981), archaeologists from the University of Tennessee conducted excavations and surveys in the Little Tennessee River Valley, which was being inundated by the Tennessee Valley Authority's creation of the Tellico Reservoir. The project produced a wealth of new information about more than 12,000 years of Native American history in the region." "This revision retains the full text and illustrations of the original edition, with its compelling descriptions of ancient ways of life and the archaeological detective work that was done to obtain that knowledge. The new material, contained in a postscript, summarizes the discoveries, research methods, and other developments that have, over the past ten years, further enhanced our knowledge of the Native Americans who occupied the area. Included, for example, are details about some fascinating new techniques for dating human remains, as well as discussions of burial practices, native crops, new archaeological laws, and the "Bat Creek Stone," a controversial artifact that, according to some claims, gives evidence of migrations of Mediterranean peoples to the New World during Roman times.
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