- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Photograph of mid-18th century European manufactured iron hoe, Chota] / [by David Stansberry]
- Creator:
- Stansberry, David
- Publisher:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm030.
- Date of Original:
- 1730/1770
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Antiquities
Salvage archaeology
Historic sites
Hoes
Chota Site (Tenn.) - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This photograph is of a European manufactured iron hoe head traded to the Cherokees in the mid-18th century. It was recovered by the University of Tennessee during an excavation of the Overhill Cherokee village of Chota. 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. The Cherokees kept small vegetable plots near their homes as well as maintained large communal agricultural fields of beans, corn, and squash. 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:
- mm030
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm030
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm030#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm030/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:
-
