- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Photograph of posthole patterns of Cherokee winter and summer domestic houses at the former site of the mid-18th century Cherokee town of Citico, taken in 1978] / [by Robert D. Newman]
- Creator:
- Newman, Robert D.
- Publisher:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm040.
- Date of Original:
- 1978
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Antiquities
Cherokee Indians--Dwellings
Salvage archaeology
Historic sites
Holes - 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 posthole patterns of mid-18th century summer and winter domestic dwellings from the Overhill Cherokee town of Citico. As was common in most Overhill villages winter houses were built in a circular dome structure which contained a central hearth for fire. Adjacent to the winter home was an open rectangular summer pavilion used in warm weather. Excavations were conducted by the University of Tennessee in 1978 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, Jefferson Chapman. Field Director, Robert D. Newman.
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:
- mm040
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm040
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm040#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm040/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:
-
