- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Photograph of the posthole pattern of a Cherokee townhouse at the former site of the mid-18th century Cherokee town of Toqua, taken in 1977] / [by Robert D. Newman]
- Creator:
- Newman, Robert D.
- Publisher:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm041.
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Antiquities
Cherokee Indians--Dwellings
Holes
Salvage archaeology
Historic sites - 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 the posthole pattern of a Cherokee winter townhouse at the former site of mid-18th century Toqua. Winter townhouses were cone-shaped and appeared to look like small mountains from a distance. Townhouses were used for all public, social, and political events. Some were large enough to hold 500 people. The seats were arranged like an amphitheater with the seats rising one above another, leaving an area in the center for a fire. Excavations were conducted by the University of Tennessee in 1977 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:
- mm041
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm041
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm041#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm041/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:
-
