Sachsen Cave Project

Summary

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 concentrated in the fall of the year. However, it is likely that site function depended upon seasonal exploitation of local resources, because faunal elements were recovered that indicate use during the spring and summer months. It may also be that the site was used year round. We support these hypotheses with technological, use-wear, faunal, and archaeobotanical studies." (Franklin et al. 2011)

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Sachsen Cave Project. ( tDAR id: 400923) ; doi:10.6067/XCV88W3FWQ

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URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2190/NA.31.3-4.i?journalCode=naaa

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Late Archaic

Material
Fauna

Site Name
Sachsen Cave

Site Type
Encampment

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Archaic • Cave • Faunal Data

Geographic Keywords
Tennessee, East

Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic

Temporal Coverage

Radiocarbon Date: 4500 to 3400 (Late Archaic)

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Contact(s): Renee Walker

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