- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Drawing depicting a Cherokee townhouse at Chota] / [by Thomas Whyte]
- Creator:
- Whyte, Thomas R.
- Date of Original:
- 1969/1974
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Antiquities
Cherokee Indians--Dwellings
Salvage archaeology
Historic sites - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Chota Site, 35.517491, -86.580447
United States, Tennessee, Monroe County, 35.44265, -84.25279 - Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a drawing of an Overhill Cherokee winter townhouse at Chota. Winter townhouses which were cone-shaped appeared to look like small mountains from a distance. Some were large enough to hold 500 people. The seats were arranged like an amphitheater with the seats rising one above another, leaving an area in the center for a fire. 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. The drawing is by Thomas Whyte.
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:
- mm024
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm024
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm024#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm024/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
- Original Collection:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm024.
- Holding Institution:
- Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture
- Rights:
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