- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Drawing of posthole pattern of Overhill Cherokee townhouse, summer pavilion, and large pit-features at Chota] / [by Marion Drescher]
- Creator:
- Drescher, Marion
- Publisher:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm023.
- Date of Original:
- 1969/1974
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Antiquities
Cherokee Indians--Dwellings
Salvage archaeology
Historic sites
Holes - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
diagrams - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This photograph of a drawing shows the posthole patterns of a Cherokee townhouse, summer pavilion, and large pit-features at Chota. Townhouses, or council houses, were large circular dome structures that served as an arena for all political and social events. The summer pavilion, which was open and rectangular in shape was used for the same purpose during warmer weather. Pits were dug for burials and for storage of refuse. The drawing is based on historical descriptions as well as archaeological excavations conducted by The University of Tennessee from 1969-1974. The excavations were conducted in anticipation of the flooding of the Lower Little Tennessee River by the Tellico Dam Reservoir under contract with the National Park Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Principal investigator, Alfred K. Guthe. Field Directors, J. Worth Greene, Duane H. King, and 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:
- mm023
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm023
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm023#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm023/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:
-
