MidSouth

Part of: Eastern Archaic Faunal Working Group

Site Name Keywords
Sachsen Cave • Dust Cave

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Encampment • Domestic Structures • Cave

Other Keywords
Cave • Fauna • Faunal Data • Early Archaic • Middle Archaic • Archaic • Dust Cave • Late Paleoindian • MidSouth

Culture Keywords
Archaic • PaleoIndian • Dalton • Early Archaic • Middle Archaic • Late Archaic

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation

Material Types
Fauna

Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • Late Paleoindian • Early Archaic

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • Alabama • US (ISO Country Code) • Tennessee (State / Territory) • Lauderdale County (County) • Alabama (State / Territory) • Colbert County (County) • Davidson County (County) • Tennessee, East

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  • Dust Cave Site, AL (1LU496) Project
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Renee Walker

    Faunal data from Dust Cave Alabama, Renee B. Walker dissertation (University of Tennessee, 1998). Archaic deposits from Dust Cave date between and 5,200 years ago with four distinct Archaic occupations. These include the Early Side-Notched and Kirk Stemmed components (Early Archaic), and the Eva/Morrow Mountain component and Seven Mile Island phase (Middle Archaic). The preservation, and subsequent recovery, of faunal material at the site is exceptional, with an abundance of small fish and...

  • Middle Cumberland (TN) Archaeology Project
    PROJECT Tanya Peres.

    Shell-bearing sites along the Middle Cumberland River, Tennessee. The Middle Cumberland River valley stretches from the confluence of the Cumberland River with the Obey River past Ashland City to the mouth of the Harpeth River. The Cumberland River is fed by major tributaries including the Obey, Caney Fork, Stones, and Harpeth rivers, as well as numerous higher order streams. The watershed of the Middle Cumberland River valley drains the northern portion of the Central Basin and the northeastern...

  • Sachsen Cave Project
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Renee Walker

    Sachsen Cave Shelter is located on the Upper Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee. "The site was used repeatedly as a residential base camp for small family groups over a long period of time during the Late Archaic Period (ca. 6-3000 BP) by prehistoric hunter gatherers who lived year round in the uplands of Southern Appalachia. These activities include butchering and cooking of large mammals on site, nut processing and cooking, and hide processing and sewing. These activities appear to have been...