- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Photograph of the posthole pattern of a Cherokee segmented domestic structure ca. mid-18th century at the town of Tomotley, taken in 1976] / [by Gerald F. Schroedl] : a machine-readable transcription
- Creator:
- Schroedl, Gerald F.
- Publisher:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm016.
- Date of Original:
- 1976
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Antiquities
Cherokee Indians--Dwellings
Salvage archaeology
Holes
Historic sites - Location:
- Little Tennessee River Valley (Ga.-Tenn.), 35.564424, -84.162425
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a photograph of posthole patterns of a Cherokee segmented domestic structure at the town of Tomotley in the Lower Little Tennessee River Valley. This structure dating back to the mid-18th century, although rectangular, appears to be more substantial than the typical summer dwelling. These sturdier structures that were often partitioned were discovered in Tomotley and Mialoquo in groups at angles to one another. It is a pattern similar to site patterning among the Creeks and Lower Cherokees and may reflect the presence of refugees settling in the Overhill country. Excavations of Tomotley were conducted by the University of Tennessee in 1976 as part of the Tellico Archaeological Project in anticipation of the flooding of the Lower Little Tennessee River 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. Schroedl.
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:
- mm016
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm016
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm016#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm016/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:
-
