Jonathan Creek Site, Kentucky, Perishable Architecture

Summary

The Jonathan Creek site in Kentucky was excavated in the early 1940s in an effort to uncover the community plan of an entire Mississippian town and mound center. Although the project terminated prematurely, the remnants of 89 structures representing a diverse array of architectural foundation styles were documented.

Cite this Record

Jonathan Creek Site, Kentucky, Perishable Architecture. ( tDAR id: 380733) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8JS9RTH

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Keywords

Culture
Mississippian

Site Name
Jonathan Creek

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Non-Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation

Geographic Keywords
Lower Tennessee River Valley

Temporal Keywords
Mississippian period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1000 to 1350

Spatial Coverage

min long: -89.495; min lat: 36.364 ; max long: -87.874; max lat: 37.191 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): University of Wisconsin-Madison

Project Director(s): Sissel Schroeder

Source Collections

William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

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Datasets

  1. Jonathan Creek Architecture Data (2011)