- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Photograph of the post hole pattern of an excavated townhouse at Chattooga, taken in 1993] / [by Gerald F Schroedl]
- Creator:
- Schroedl, Gerald F.
- Publisher:
- Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, McClung Museum Photographic Collection, photograph mm079.
- Date of Original:
- 1993
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Public buildings
Historic sites
Chattooga Site (Ga. and S.C.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009 - Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a photograph of the post hole pattern of an excavated townhouse at Chattooga. A townhouse was usually found in villages with a population of more than 350 people and was the most prominent building in the town. Most of the social, ceremonial and political activities of the village took place in the townhouse. Chattooga is a Cherokee archaeological site that was formerly called 'Cherokee Town.' Cherokee Town was an 18th century village associated with the Lower town Cherokee communities of northern Georgia and western South Carolina. The site is thought to have been occupied for only 160 years and abandoned by the Cherokees in the 1740s. The site is given special attention because it retained early 18th century Cherokee material culture that is difficult to find and distinguish on other Cherokee sites of the same time period. The University of Tennessee and the Francis Marion National Forest conducted archaeological excavations at Chattooga during 1989-1994. The focus of these excavations was to develop a better understanding of the nature of the historical Cherokee occupation at the site and compare these findings with those found on other 18th century Cherokee sites. As a result of these excavations, archaeologists were able to identify and partially excavate the remains of five superimposed council houses. In addition, the excavations of two winter structures and one summer domestic structure were conducted. Through the use of surface collection, test pit excavations, and remote sensing equipment, vast amounts of artifacts and the location of additional buildings and features were found with minimal disturbance to the site.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- mm079
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm079
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm079#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mm079/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright by the Frank H. McClung Museum. All rights reserved.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], McClung Museum Photographic Collection, Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 photograph
- Holding Institution:
- Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture
- Rights:
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