- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Photograph of mid-18th century iron trade ax recovered at Chota] / [by David Stansberry]
- Creator:
- Stansberry, David
- Publisher:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm032.
- Date of Original:
- 1830/1870
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Antiquities
Salvage archaeology
Historic sites
Axes
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 ax 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. Excavations of Chota were conducted from 1969-1974 in anticipation of the flooding of the Lower Little Tennessee River by the Tellico Dam Reservoir. The university worked 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:
- mm032
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm032
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm032#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm032/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:
-
