[Drawing depicting the central area of mid-18th century Chota] / [by Thomas Whyte]
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| Type: | Drawings (visual works) | StillImage |
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| Creator: | Whyte, Thomas R. |
| Title: | [Drawing depicting the central area of mid-18th century Chota] / [by Thomas Whyte] |
| Date: | 1740-1819 |
| Description: | This is a drawing depicting the central area of the Overhill Cherokee town of Chota around the mid-18th century. It shows a central village plaza with a large circular winter townhouse and a smaller rectangular summer townhouse. Both were used for public, social, and political events. Shown also are similar domestic dwellings with a circular winter house alongside a rectangular summerhouse. The drawing is based on historical descriptions as well as archaeological excavations conducted by The University of Tennessee from 1969-1974. The excavations were conducted in anticipation of the flooding of the Lower Little Tennessee River by the Tellico Dam Reservoir under contract with the National Park Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Principal investigator, Alfred K. Guthe. Field Directors, J. Worth Greene, Duane H. King, and Gerald F. Schroedl. The drawing is by Thomas Whyte. Document ID: mm022. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
| Subjects: | Cherokee Indians--Antiquities | Salvage archaeology | Historic sites | Art and photography | Chota Site (Tenn.) | Monroe County (Tenn.) |
| Contributors: | Frank H. McClung Museum (Knoxville, Tenn.) | University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2000 |
| Original Material: | Photograph held by the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, photograph mm022. |
| Rights and Usage: | This work is the property of the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Cite as: [title of item], , Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia |
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| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:mm022 |
| Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library Museum of the Cherokee Indian Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee State Museum Frank H. McClung Museum (Knoxville, Tenn.) Hoskins Library LaFayette-Walker County Library |
| Collection Information: | Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 |