A Flow of People: Household and Community at the Cane Notch Site, a Protohistoric Cherokee Town on the Nolichucky, Upper East Tennessee
Author(s): Nathan Shreve; Eileen G. Ernenwein; Jay D. Franklin; S.D. Dean
Year: 2016
Summary
Radiometric dates from the protohistoric Cane Notch Site on the Nolichucky River in upper East Tennessee indicate contemporaneous ceramic assemblages characterized by multiple traditions. Our work produced wares referable to the Qualla and Overhill series, wares directly associated with 18th century Cherokee villages elsewhere. Burke wares, from the eastern side of the Appalachians, also occur in large numbers. These “different” wares at Cane Notch share common attributes, however, that also reflect a local identity. Using geophysics, excavations of selected house floors, and ceramic attribute analyses (including p-xrf analysis), we explore ways of doing and identity at the Cane Notch Site.
Cite this Record
A Flow of People: Household and Community at the Cane Notch Site, a Protohistoric Cherokee Town on the Nolichucky, Upper East Tennessee. Nathan Shreve, Eileen G. Ernenwein, Jay D. Franklin, S.D. Dean. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 403409)
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Keywords
General
Cherokee
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Protohistoric
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Tennessee
Geographic Keywords
North America - Southeast
Spatial Coverage
min long: -91.274; min lat: 24.847 ; max long: -72.642; max lat: 36.386 ;