An Integrative Archaeological and Geomorphological Approach to Understanding Site Distributions and Prehistoric Settlement Patterns along the Little River, East Tennessee

Summary

Over 15 years of archaeological research at the University of Tennessee’s East Tennessee Research and Education Center, Blount County, Tennessee, has uncovered a number of archaeological sites that range in age from Early Archaic to Mississippian. Located within a complex alluvial system at the confluence of Ellejoy Creek and the Little River, the study area was part of a prehistoric trail system through the Great Smoky Mountains. Research at the University of Tennessee’s Archaeological Research Laboratory integrates geomorphologic and archaeological approaches to better understand landscape development and its effects on temporal and spatial site distributions and prehistoric settlement selection in the area. These studies offer new insight into human-environmental interactions, site preservation, and landscape evolution in the inter-mountain Southeastern United States.

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• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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