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The prehistory of the Chickamauga Basin in Tennessee
- Title
- The prehistory of the Chickamauga Basin in Tennessee / by Thomas M.N. Lewis and Madeline D. Kneberg Lewis ; with contributions by John Alden [and others] ; compiled and edited by Lynne P. Sullivan.
- Author
- Lewis, Thomas M. N. (Thomas McDowell Nelson), 1896-
- Publication
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©1995.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vol.2 | Text | Use in library | E78.T3 L417 1995 vol.2 | Off-site | |
| vol.1 | Text | Use in library | E78.T3 L417 1995 vol.1 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 2 volumes (xxviii, 681 pages) : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Summary
- These two volumes look at the excavation of the thirteen archaeological sites of the Chickamauga Basin in the 1930s. These reports were the first comprehensive descriptions of the Native American cultures that lived near what is now Chattanooga before and at the time of European contact.
- Subject
- Indians of North America > Tennessee > Chickamauga Lake Watershed > Antiquities
- Indians of North America > Tennessee > Chickamauga Lake Watershed > Social life and customs
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Tennessee > Chickamauga Lake Watershed
- Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Indians of North America > Antiquities
- Indians of North America > Social life and customs
- Chickamauga Lake Watershed (Tenn.) > Antiquities
- Tennessee > Chickamauga Lake Watershed
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- V. 1. Introductory outline of the prehistory -- The natural environment -- Concering typology -- Architectural industry -- Pottery industry -- Stone industry -- Bone industry -- Shell industry -- Metal industry -- Weaving industry -- Burial customs and physical types -- Community plana nd domestic life -- Subsistence basis and economic life -- Aesthetic expression, clothing, and personal adornment -- Classifications of the cultures -- Archaeological affiliations of the Chickamauga Basin cultures -- Ethnohistorical reconstructions
- V. 2. Concerning excavation -- The Candy Creek site -- The Spivey site -- The McGill site -- The Varnell site -- The Dallas site -- The Hixon site -- The Davis site -- The Sale Creek site -- The Rymer site -- The Mouse Creeks site -- The Ledford Island site -- The Ocoee site -- Appendices. Plants that may have been used by the native inhabitants of the Chickamauga Basin -- Early maps of Southeast Tennessee -- manual of field and laboratory techniques employed by the Division of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
- ISBN
- 0870498614
- 9780870498619
- 0870498630
- 9780870498633
- 0870498622
- 9780870498626
- 0870498649
- 9780870498640
- LCCN
- 94009775
- OCLC
- ocm30158449
- 30158449
- SCSB-2056241
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library