- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Photograph of mid-18th century trade beads, kaolin pipe fragments, small metal buttons, and fragments of European ceramics, Chota, taken in 1969] / [by George Fielder]
- Creator:
- Fielder, George
- Publisher:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm028.
- Date of Original:
- 1969
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Antiquities
Salvage archaeology
Historic sites
Pottery
Glass beads
Pipe, Clay - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This photograph is of glass trade beads, kaolin pipe fragments, and small metal button fragments found in excavations of the mid-18th century Cherokee village of Chota. The Overhill Cherokees traded actively with the lower Cherokees of Georgia and South Carolina. Chota was recognized by Europeans as well as other Indians for its powerful economic influence and was regarded as the capital of the Cherokee nation. Excavations of Chota and other Overhill villages were conducted by the University of Tennessee between 1967 and 1983 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, J. Worth Greene.
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:
- mm028
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm028
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm028#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm028/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:
-
