Skip to search
Skip to main content
Catalog
Help
Feedback
Your Account
Library Account
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Search History
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Cite
Send
to
SMS
Email
EndNote
RefWorks
RIS
Printer
Bookmark
New Deal archaeology in Tennessee : intellectual, methodological, and theoretical contributions / edited by David H. Dye.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2016]
Description
xiv, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Availability
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage
E78.T3 N49 2016
Browse related items
Request
Details
Subject(s)
Indigenous peoples of North America
—
Tennessee
—
Antiquities
[Browse]
Indigenous peoples of North America
—
Tennessee River Valley
—
Antiquities
[Browse]
Archaeology
—
Tennessee
—
History
—
20th century
[Browse]
New Deal, 1933-1939
—
Tennessee
[Browse]
Excavations (Archaeology)
—
Tennessee
[Browse]
Excavations (Archaeology)
—
Tennessee River Valley
[Browse]
Tennessee
—
Antiquities
[Browse]
Tennessee River Valley
—
Antiquities
[Browse]
Tennessee
—
Intellectual life
—
20th century
[Browse]
Tennessee Valley Authority
—
History
[Browse]
Indigenous Studies
[Browse]
Editor
Dye, David H.
[Browse]
Summary note
"New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee is a collection of essays that explore how contemporary archaeology was catalyzed and shaped by the archaeological revolution during the New Deal era"-- Provided by publisher.
"New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee tells the engrossing story of Southeastern archaeology in the 1930s. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 1933 initiated an ambitious program of flood control and power generation by way of a chain of hydroelectric dams on the Tennessee River. The construction of these dams flooded hundreds of thousands of square miles of river bottoms, campsites, villages, and towns that had been homes to Native Americans for centuries. This triggered an urgent need to undertake extensive archaeological fieldwork throughout the region. Those studies continue to influence contemporary archaeology. The state of Tennessee and the Tennessee Valley were especially well suited research targets thanks to their mild climate and long field seasons. A third benefit in the 1930s was the abundance of labor supplied by Tennesseans unemployed during the Great Depression. Within months of the passage of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, teams of archaeologists fanned out across the state and region under the farsighted direction of Smithsonian Institution curators Neil M. Judd, Frank H.H. Roberts, and Frank M. Setzler. The early months of 1934 would become the busiest period of archaeological fieldwork in US history. The twelve insightful essays in New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee document and explore this unique peak in archaeological study. Chapters highlight then-new techniques such as mound 'peeling' and stratigraphic excavation adapted from the University of Chicago; the four specific New Deal sites of Watts Bar Reservoir, Mound Bottom, Pack, and Chickamauga Basin; bioarchaeology in the New Deal; and the enduring impact of the New Deal on contemporary fieldwork. The challenges of the 1930s in recruiting skilled labor, training unskilled ancillary labor, developing and improvising new field methods, and many aspects of archaeological policies, procedures, and best-practices laid much of the foundation of contemporary archaeological practice. New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee offers an invaluable record of that pivotal time for professional, student, and amateur archaeologists"-- Provided by publisher.
Notes
"A Dan Josselyn memorial publication"
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780817319052 ((hardback ; : alkaline paper))
0817319050 ((hardback ; : alkaline paper))
LCCN
2015042384
OCLC
930257237
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Other views
Staff view
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Report Harmful Language
Supplementary Information