MidSouth

Part of: Eastern Archaic Faunal Working Group

Site Name Keywords
1LU496 • USN Site, TN (40DV7) • shell-bearing • 40CH171 • Sachsen Cave • 40RD299

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Encampment • shell-bearing • Domestic Structures • Cave • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Cemetery • Cave site • Cave habitation and burial site

Other Keywords
Cave • Archaic

Culture Keywords
Archaic • Middle Archaic • Early Archaic • Late Archaic

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing • Site Stabilization • Site Stewardship Monitoring

Material Types
Fauna • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Shell

Temporal Keywords
Archaic, Middle • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • Archaic • Archaic Period

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

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  • 40DV7 (Tennesse) Faunal Dataset, 2010 and 2012 (2010)
    DATASET Tanya Peres.

    Primary zooarchaeological dataset incorporating analysis of faunal materials excavated in 2010 and 2012.

  • 40RD299, TN Faunal Data (2015)
    DATASET Tanya Peres.

    Ancient Native American use of caves in the Eastern Woodlands occurred throughout the entire span of regional prehistory; however, the ways that these natural features were used varied considerably over time. To date only 25 cave sites containing deposits dated to the Archaic period (ca. 10,000–3000 B.P.) are recorded in the state of Tennessee, representing just 0.4% of the total known Archaic sites. In 2014 the authors conducted a salvage operation, bucket auger survey, and limited testing at...

  • Blue Creek Site, TN (40CH171), Faunal Dataset (2010)
    DATASET Tanya Peres.

    Fauna from 40CH171. Funded by a grant from NSF (Award # 1048351). Bulk samples recovered by Tanya M. Peres and Aaron Deter-Wolf in 2010. Samples were screened through nested sieves, and 1/4" and 1/8" samples were sorted and analyzed.

  • Dust Cave, Alabama Archaic faunal dataset (1998)
    DATASET Renee Walker.

    Early and Middle Archaic 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...

  • Sachsen Cave Shelter (2015)
    DATASET Renee Walker.

    Faunal Database from Sachsen Cave Shelter a Late Archaic site in eastern Tennessee.

  • Site 40CH37, TN, Faunal Dataset (2010)
    DATASET Tanya Peres.

    Faunal Data from 2010 Middle Cumberland River Emergency survey, Site 40CH37. Funded by a grant from NSF (Award # 1048351). Bulk samples recovered by Tanya M. Peres and Aaron Deter-Wolf in 2010. Samples were screened through nested sieves, and 1/4" and 1/8" samples were sorted and analyzed.