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- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Photograph of the Tennessee Valley Authority survey crew mapping archaeological features at the former site of the mid-18th century Cherokee town of Chota, taken in 1974] / [by David Stansberry]
- Creator:
- Stansberry, David
- Publisher:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm036.
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- Tennessee Valley Authority--Officials and employees
Cherokee Indians--Antiquities
Salvage archaeology
Historic sites
Surveyors - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a photograph of a 1974 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) survey crew mapping archaeological features at the former site of the mid-18th century Cherokee town of Chota. 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. Excavations of Chota and other Overhill Cherokee villages were conducted as part of the Tellico Archaeological Project by the University of Tennessee in anticipation of the flooding of the lower Little Tennessee River Valley by the Tellico Dam Reservoir. The university worked under contract with the National Park Service and TVA. Principal investigator, Alfred K. Guthe. Field Director, 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:
- mm036
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm036
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm036#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm036/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: