United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Roberts, Wayne D.1967/1983This aerial photograph shows the former site of Chota and Tanasee, 18th century Overhill Cherokee villages in the Little Tennessee River Valley. Chota was recognized by Native Americans and European settlers as a powerful social and economic influence and was regarded as the capital of the Cherokee nation. The University of Tennessee conducted excavations of Overhill Cherokee villages between 1967 and 1983 as part of the Tellico Archaeological Project in anticipation of the flooding of the lower Little Tennessee River Valley by the Tellico Dam Reservoir. The excavations were conducted under contract with the National Park Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).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.text/htmlimage/jpegmm035engPhotograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm035.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Cherokee IndiansCherokee artAntiquitiesArtSalvage archaeologyHistoric sitesChota Site (Tenn.)Tanasee Site (Tenn.)[Aerial photograph showing the former site of Chota and Tanasee, 18th century Cherokee villages] / [by Wayne D. Roberts]StillImage