- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Photograph of pit feature at Tomotley, Tennessee, filled with refuse, mid-18th century, taken in 1974] / [Gerald F. Schroedl]
- Creator:
- Schroedl, Gerald F.
- Publisher:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm002.
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians
Historic sites
Refuse and refuse disposal - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a photograph of a pit-feature at the Overhill Cherokee town of Tomotley. The pit was originally used to recover soil or to store food, and was later filled with refuse. Excavations of Overhill Cherokee villages were conducted by the University of Tennessee between 1967 and 1983 as part of the Tellico Archaeological Project. Excavations continued until 1983, and laboratory studies and report preparation continued until 1987. The excavations were conducted in anticipation of the flooding of the Lower Little Tennessee River Valley, in eastern Tennessee, by the Tellico Dam Reservoir. The excavations were conducted under contract with the National Park Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Principal Investigator, Alfred K. Guthe. Field Director, Gerald F. Schrodel.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- mm002
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm002
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm002#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm002/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 page/leaf
- Holding Institution:
- Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture
- Rights:
-
