The Cherokees of Tuckaleechee Cove

Marcoux, Jon

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The Cherokees of Tuckaleechee Cove

Jon Marcoux

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Overview
Contents

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments, by Boyce Driskell
1. Introduction
2. Pox, Empire, Shackles, and Hides: The English Contact Period in the Southeast 1670–1740
- The Shatter Zone: 1670–1740
- Cherokee Communities in the Midst of the Shatter Zone: 1670–1740
- Summary and Implications
3. A Brief Review of Contributions to the Archaeology of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Cherokee Communities
- Cherokee Potting Traditions
- Cherokee Foodways
- Cherokee Involvement in European Trade
- Cherokee Architecture and Community Organization
- Current Concerns and Research Questions
4. The Setting and Archaeology of the Townsend Sites
- Physical and Cultural Geography Surrounding the Little River Valley
- The Tuckaleechee Towns
- Archaeology In and Near Tuckaleechee Cove and Excavations at the Townsend Sites
- Conclusion
5. Architecture
- Ethnohistoric Descriptions of Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Cherokee Architecture
- Archaeological Descriptions of Cherokee Architecture
- Cherokee Architecture at the Townsend Sites
- Summary and Implications
6. Features
- Feature Descriptions
- Assessing Cherokee Pit Use and Abandonment at Townsend
- Comparisons of Cherokee Subterranean Food Storage Practices among Townsend Households and Beyond
7. Pottery Description and Analysis
- The Overhill and Qualla Pottery Series
- Cherokee Pottery at Townsend
- Variability among Townsend Household Pottery Assemblages
- Summary and Conclusions
8. Stone Implements from Cherokee Contexts at the Townsend Sites by Boyce Driskell, Jeremy Sweat, Katherine McMillan, Stephen Carmody, Phyllis Rigney, and Erik Johanson
- Rationale for Analysis of Stone Artifacts from the Townsend Sites
- Methods of Analysis of Stone Tools and Debris
- Procurement of Stone by the Inhabitants of Tuckaleechee Cove
- Cherokee Utilization of Stone in Tuckaleechee Cove
- Stone Tools in Cherokee Contexts
- Conclusions
9. Glass Trade Beads
- The Glass Trade Bead Assemblage from 40Bt89, 40Bt90, and 40Bt91
- Chronology from Glass Beads: The English Period in the Southeast, circa A.D. 1607–1783
10. Cherokee Foodways in Tuckaleechee Cove by Kandace D. Hollenbach, Judith A. Sichler, and Jessica L. Vavrasek
- Plant Analysis
- Faunal Analysis
- Discussion
- Summary
11. Summary and Conclusions
- Research Results
- Conclusions
- Directions for Future Research
Appendix A. Participants in the Townsend Archaeological Project, 1999 to 2010
Appendix B. Data Recorded for Body Sherds in the Ceramics Sample
Appendix C. Data Recorded for Rim Sherds in the Ceramics Sample
Appendix D. Botanical Remains from Cherokee Contexts
Appendix E. Faunal Remains from Cherokee Contexts
References Cited

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Published: 2012

Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

ISBN(s)

978-1-951519-74-2 (ebook)
978-0-915703-79-1 (paper)

Series

Memoirs

Subject

Archaeology:New World

The Cherokees of Tuckaleechee Cove

Overview

Contents