ML18054A475
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| Site: | Clinch River |
| Issue date: | 10/31/1974 |
| From: | Fielder G Univ of Tennessee |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
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Contract No. W-7405-eng-26 ENERGY DIVISION ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY WITH EMPHASIS ON PREHISTORIC SITES OF THE OAK RIDGE RESERVATION OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE George F. Fielder, Jr.
Department of Anthropology The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee PROPERTY OF TENN. DIV. OF ARCHAEOtn ORNL-TM-4694 Project conducted and reported in accordance with Union Carbide Corporation, Nuclear Division, Subcontract 3973 OCTOBER 1974 OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 operated by UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION for the U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE VERSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This survey of the archaeological resources of the Oak Ridge area was conducted with funds provided by Union Carbide Corporation, Nuclear Division.
The many personnel of Union Carbide whom we contacted were very cooperative in pro viding information about aboriginal sites and aided us in getting access to various areas on the Reservation.
Without this cooperation our work would have been considerably more arduous and less productive.
In particular we would like to thank Mr. Thomas H. Row, ORNL Environmental Statements Project, and his staff, Carole Robbins, Walter Stockdale, and Chuck Boston, for their expertise in coordinating and expediting the field work.
Mr. Jerry Wing, AEC-ORO, was very helpful in our coordination with AEC personnel.
Our liaison contacts at the other plants were Merwyn Sanders (Y-12), Mike Mitchell (ORGDP), and Don Robie (UT-AEC [CARL]),
The ORNL Engineering Division provided surveying and mapping assistance at the Scarboro Creek site.
There are many other persons who aided our work, but to list them individually would entail several pages.
We appreciated their help all the same.
The author would like to thank Dr. Major c. Mccollough, who served as Principal Investigator for the project, for his interest and support.
The field crew consisted of Stephen Cooper, Victor Hood, and the author.
The laboratory analysis of the lithic arti facts was conducted by Mr. Cooper, a U.T. graduate student.
Mr. Hood, also a U.T. graduate student, drafted the figures.
The final draft was typed by Dorothy Fielder, who also served as editorial assistant.
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ABSTRACT An archaeological survey of the Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, by The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology located and investigated 45 sites of aboriginal occupation and several early historic Euro american homestead sites.
Most of the major archaeological periods in the eastern Tennessee chronological sequence were represented in the material collected during the survey.
One aborioinal site was assigned to the Paleo-Indian period; eight were assigned to the Archaic period; twenty-four contained Woodland period materials; and five sites were occupied during the Mississippian
- period, The site location data generated by this survey can be incorporated into comprehensive regional models, thus aiding in the interpretation of prehistoric settlement and resource utilization patterns in eastern Tennessee.
In addi tion, the data will aid in the planning of future projects on the Reservation so that adverse effects on archaeological resources can be minimized.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF TABLES INTRODUCTION THE SETTING,
TABLE OF CONTENTS Physiography Topography Climatology Biotic Faunal Resources Floral Resources Cultural Setting Synopsis of Aboriginal Occupations in East Tennessee Paleo-Indian Period Archaic Period Woodland Period.
Mississippian Period Historic Native American Period Synopsis of Euroamerican Settlement PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH Page ix xi 1
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Operational Definitions Areal Coverage Survey Techniques.
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AND CONCLUSIONS 77 Temporal Patterns.
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7 8 Mississippian Period 78 Historic Native American Period 78 Historic Euroamerican Period 78 Site Distribution Patterns 79 Intersite Patterns 79 Intrasite Patterns 79 Conclusion 80 RECOMMENDATIONS 82 REFERENCES CITED 83 APPENDIX A.
MAMMALS AND HERPETOFAUNA OF THE OAK RIDGE AREA AND VERTEBRATE REMAINS FROM THE HIGGS SITE, LOUDON COUNTY...............
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1.
The areas surveyed with the degree of intensity Page indicated................... 19 2.
The Oak Ridge area showing known.archaeo logical sites as of June 1974; historic sites 40RE120, 40RE121, 40RE122, and 40RE123 not included
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General view of (40AN27) looking northeast and upstream; mound A at left center.................. 2 6 4.
Mound A, (40AN27) looking northeast 5.
Plan and contour map of mounds A and B, (40AN27) 6.
The (40AN28) May 1974; view to the southeast 7.
The field crew making measured drawings of the north side of the west pen of the 26 28
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General view of the site (40RE132) showing test pit location (crew), crushed rock, and partial stripping of the vegetation; view Page 55 57 59 61 to the northeast 65 18.
General view of the (40RE134) from Tennessee highway 58 looking northwest showing vegetation and plowing
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Selected lithic artifacts:
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Plan and associated features of historic barn foundation (40RE136)
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Known archaeological sites in the of June 1974; adapted from USGS Elverton Quadrangle.
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LIST OF TABLES Table Page A. l.
Mammals of Oak Ridge area...
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Herpetofauna of Oak Ridge area 89 A. 3.
Vertebrates identified from the Higgs site 91 B. l.
Site 40AN25 artifact assemblage 98 B. 2.
Site 40AN26 artifact assemblage 98 B. 3.
Site 40AN27 artifact assemblage 99 B. 4.
Site 40AN29 artifact assemblage 100 B. 5.
Site 40AN30 artifact assemblage 101 B. 6, Site 40AN31 artifact assemblage 101 B.7.
Site 40RE27 artifact assemblage 102 B. 8.
Site 40RE89 artifact assemblage 103 B, 9, Site 40RE90 artifact assemblage 104 B,10, Site 40RE101 artifact assemblage 105 B. 11.
Site 40RE103 artifact assemblage 106 B, 12, Site 40RE104 artifact assemblage 106 B. 13.
Site 40RE106 artifact assemblage 107 B.14.
Site 40RE109A artifact assemblage 108 B,15.
Site 40RE109B artifact assemblage 110 B,16, Site 40RE110 artifact assemblage 111 B,17, Site 40RE111 artifact assemblage 111 B, 18, Site 40RE125 artifact assemblage 112 B.19, Site 40RE126 artifact assemblage 112 xi
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Site 40RE131 artifact assemblage 114 B.22, Site 40RE132 artifact assemblage 115 B,23.
Site 40RE133 artifact assemblage 115 B. 24, Site 40RE134 artifact assemblage 116 B,25.
Site 40RE135 artifact assemblage 116 C. l.
Monthly climatic summary for the Oak Ridge area based on a 20-year record.....
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INTRODUC'.l'ION Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental State ments Project, requested a preliminary archaeological survey of the Oak Ridge Reservation to be conducted by The University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology.
In response to this request, Subcontract No. 3973 between The University of Tennessee and Union Carbide Corporation, Nuclear Division, was effected to this end, An archaeological research team from the Department of Anthropology conducted the survey from 15 March 1974 to 3 June 1974, which was directed toward the investigation of the following areas on the Reservation:
those areas that would be affected by plant expansion or other immediate construction
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The purpose of this survey was to locate and identify as many sites of aboriginal occupation as feasible in the above request.
Although a number of Euroamerican farmsteads and cemeteries were examined, the primary survey emphasis was on the aboriginal sites.
As in most archaeological projects the scope of the endeavor is determined by the time and funds available, an area as large as the Oak Ridge Reservation cannot be completely and thoroughly surveyed in only four months.
One must place priorities on the areas that should be examined; the priorities in this survey were the following.
The most important loci were those that may be affected by current or planned proposed construction activities.
These activities, such as grading, filling, excavating, and other substantial earth-moving opera tions, can completely destroy the informational content of an archaeological site.
In many ways the artifacts themselves are less important than their archaeological context--the various ways they are associated with each other in spatial and temporal relationships, Once a set of artifacts.has been disturbed from the way they were left by their makers and users, the cultural information which can be inferred from them has been greatly diminished.
Representatives from the A.tomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge Gaseous l
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The areas that may be affected by expansion were given first: priority.
Second priority was given to Clinch River that are included in the Oak Ridge Reservation.
Heavy concen trations of aboriginal occupation have been investigated (Salo 1969; Gleeson 1970 1 1971); and the Clinch River (Webb 1938; McNutt and Fischer 1960; McNutt and Graham 1961).
The interior valley section of the Oak Ridge area was of special interest in this survey.
There is relatively little archaeological information recorded about the interior valleys of the East Tennessee ridge-and-valley region.
The main reason for this lack is that most of the archaeological surveys and excavations have been in association with river-basin develop ments; hence the work was done in the areas affected by the impoundments.
Very seldom did the flooding affect the interior valleys, and consequently these are not fully represented in the current models of aboriginal settlement distribution due to the paucity of information.
It is hoped that this survey will enable the planned expansion of the Oak Ridge area to take into account the archaeological and historical resources that may be adversely affected.
In the past a number of sites in the area have been inadvertently destroyed mainly due to a lack of information on their location and importance.
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THE SETTING Prehistoric occupations in the Oak Ridge area did not exist independently of the physical and biotic factors of the local environment; the aboriginal inhabitants were probably more closely attuned to the natural surroundings than are the present inhabitants, The physical features on the landscape, the rivers, mountains, and valleys, limited in many ways oppor tunities for development.
The geographical features did not necessarily determine the location of the settlements, but they did place a limitation on the number of available alternatives.
In a similar vein, the flora and fauna in the area had an effect on the aboriginal lifeways, The biotic resources available to the Indians must have had a considerable effect on the cultural habits and manifestations that are seen in the archaeological record.
Indeed, the subsistence patterns of the various aboriginal groups that inhabited the Oak Ridge area changed significantly through time from when they first entered this area until the European domination.
The aboriginal inhabitants were not in cultural isola tion either; there was a long sequence of cultural evolution from a basic hunting-and-gathering economy, centered around small bands of hunters, to a larger population base involved with the intensive collection of plants and game, and finally to a sedentary agricultural product-based village economy, The occurrence of exotic foreign materials in archaeo logical sites indicates extensive trade networks between East Tennessee and areas as diverse and distant as the Gulf Coast and the Great Lakes region.
Other sites in the area show influences that apparently originated in Mesoamerica.
Therefore, in order to understand the aboriginal life ways in this area, one must consider the physical, biotic, and cultural factors which affected the aboriginal inhabitants.
Physiography Topography The Oak Ridge part of the Tennessee ence (Fenneman 1938).
Reservation is located in the western section of the ridge-and-valley proveni This portion is characterized by a 3
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Figure 2 shows the general topography of the Reservation with the dominant ridges.
The range in altitude on the Reservation is from 220 to 407 meters (720 to 1335 feet) (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 1974:25).
The drainage pattern is dominated by the Clinch River, Poplar Creek, and many small feeder streams originating in the valleys and on the side slopes of the ridges.
Climatology The present climate of the Oak Ridge area has been docu mented over a period of 20 years by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
The following climatological information is taken from the Draft Environmental Statement for Radioactive Waste Facilities (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 1974).
The climate is typical of the humid Southern Appalachian region.
The mean annual rainfall is 53.5 inches (135 centi meters), and the mean temperature is 57.9°F (14. 4 °C).
Precipi tation is normally in the form of rain; but snowfalls can be heavy, as in the winter of 1959-60 when 41. 4 inches (105. 2 centimeters) were recorded.
Storms generally follow a northwest-to-southeast track; and the neasonal precipitation pattern is characterized by wet winters, dry springs, wet summers, and dry autumns.
Specific precipitation and temperature data are given in Table C. l.
From an archaeological standpoint, the early spring moisture deficits, although compensated for by the summer rain fall, may have affected the development of large villages based on an agricultural product subsistence.
This statement is predicated, however, on the assumption that the present climate is essentially similar to the climate 1000 years ago.
Faunal and floral remains recovered from archaeological sites dating from this time period are sufficiently similar to present inventories to indicate such a similar climate (Mccollough and Faulkner 1973).
Biotic The biotic conditions under which the various abori ginal occupations lived can be partially reconstructed by a thorough identification and analysis of the food remains present in an archaeological site.
This assumes that a repre sentative sample of the species, etc., is present at the time of occupation.
In spite of the limitations placed on
5 interpretations of biotic potential due to the incompleteness of the record, these kinds of analyses have yielded an approxi mation of the faunal and floral resources available in the East Tennessee area at selected time periods (Mccollough and Faulkner 1973).
Faunal Resources The Clinch River, the southern boundary of the Oak Ridge area, provided a rich source of faunal food products to the Indians, Shellfish, fish, and the smaller aquatic inverte brates and vertebrates were used extensively for food by the aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
In an analysis of the faunal food remains from an archaeological site on the Tennessee River in Loudon County, Tennessee, Parmalee (1973) identified a number of aquatic animals (Table A,3).
In addition to the identified remains, the following aquatic animals were also probably available as a potential food source (adapted from Mccollough and Faulkner 1973:14).
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Mollusks are quite abundant in shallow rivers such as the Clinch; 40 species of pelecypods and 32 species of gastropods have been identified from the ponds, streams, and rivers of East Tennessee (Hickman 1937).
The mus sels and gastropods would have been readily accessible to the Indians; and judging from the large quantities of mussel shell found in habitation site refuse, they were used extensively.
2, Although there are over 100 species of fish found in the streams of East Tennessee, probably only the larger varieties were important.food sources, These would have included gar (Lepisosteus sp. ), suckers (Catostomidae), catfish (IataZu:t>us sp.), bullhead (Ameiu:t>us sp. ), black bass (Hu:t>o salmoides and Miaoptevus doZomieu), sunfish (Lepominae), and fresh water drum (Ap Zodinotus g:t>unniens) (Mccollough and Faulkner 1973:14),
3, Turtle remains occur quite frequently in archaeological deposits and probably were fairly easily obtained by aboriginal man.
The common snapping turtle (CheZyd:t>a se:t>pentina), spiny soft-shelled turtle (T:t>yonyx fevox),
musk turtle (Ste:t>nthevus odo:t>atus), mud turtle (Kinostu:t>num auhvuhvum), painted turtle (Ch:t>ysemys piata), map turtle (Gvaptemys geogvaphiaa), and the elegant slider (Pseudemya sa:t>ipta) occur in the rivers and sloughs in and around the Oak Ridge area (Johnson 1964).
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Frogs, toads, and other small amphibians and reptiles were collected and eaten also.
The faunal resources available on the flood plains included muskrat, beaver, mink and otter, ducks, geese, and the wading birds.
The ridges and valleys of the Oak Ridge area would have contained a variety of animals such as the opossum, squirrel, fox, raccoon, rabbit, small rodents, black bear, white-tailed deer, elk, and the eastern woodland bison (Bison bison).
Wild turkey, grouse, and other game birds that inhabit the open woodlands were available, Henry Timberlake, an English army officer who traveled in East Tennessee in 1761-62, gave the following account of the animals available to the Cherokee:
There are likewise an incredible number of buffaloes, bears, deer, panthers, wolves, foxes, raccoons, and opossums...
There are a vast number of lesser sort of game such as rabbits, squirrels of several sorts, and many other animals, besides turkeys, geese, ducks of several kinds, partridges, pheasants, and an infinity of other birds, pursued only by the children.
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In conclusion, the faunal resources available to aborig inal man in the Oak Ridge area were very numerous and available for the most part throughout the year, although there are seasons in which some species are difficult to obtain.
The white-tailed deer was the most important sodtce of meat at all periods of time in this area based on th large quantities of these remains recovered from archaeological sites (Lewis and Kneberg 1946; Mccollough and Faulkner 1973:18),
The present faunal resources of the Oak Ridge area have been inventoried as part of the environmental studies carried out by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and cooperating agencies (Howell 1958; Howell and Dunaway 1959; Johnson 1964).
The results of these inventories are presented in Appendix A (Tables A. 1 and A. 2),
Floral Resources Although the floral resources exploited by aboriginal man are more difficult to recover archaeologically than are the faunal, food remains are sometimes well enough preserved to allow the paleobotanist and archaeologist to reconstruct aboriginal dietetic habits.
A recent archaeological report of investigations on the Tennessee River near Loudon, Tennessee, lists 62 species of plants that were probably used for food
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All of these plants are found on the Oak Ridge Reservation (Olsen, Cristofolini, and Cristofolini 1966),
The oak-hickory forests on the Reservation were probably quite important to the aboriginal inhabitants due to the nut resources they produced.
Plant materials were also used for purposes other than for food; the various vines, cane, and other fibrous plants were undoubtedly utilized for basketry, weaving, cordage, and other similar functions.
Cultural Setting Synopsis of Aboriginal Occupations in East Tennessee The eastern section of Tennessee has seen a long sequence of human occupation; all of the major stages in the cultural evolution of the American Indian have been reported in the archaeological literature, When the first Europeans came into this section of East Tennessee, the Indians they encoun tered were the Cherokee, the last in a series of aboriginal inhabitants who had occupied the area for at least 10, 000 years.
Their predecessors do not have tribal names such as Cherokee, but are known by their archaeological culture names, The mate rial remains of a past or present culture are the result of many different types of activities pursued by the members of the group.
The tools indicate the kinds of economic pursuits used; e. g., stone or bone hoes are indicative of agricultural endeavors, arrowheads imply the use of the bow and arrow in hunting, etc, However, a group of people has a large number of traits other than material artifacts; their religion, language, lineage system, customs, and traditions are all part of the characteristics that make one group distinct from another.
Since the nonmaterial aspects of culture leave only the sketchiest evidence of their existence, archaeoloqists are confronted with the problem of identifying groups of people solely by their material culture, The archaeologist, therefore, will identify a prehistoric society by the type of pottery they made, the styles of projectile points they used, and the types of dwellings.they constructed.
These archaeological cultures are given arbitrary names usually derived from a site where the particular culture is well represented.
In addition to naming archaeological cultures, the archaeologists have given names to the general time periods that are represented in the.archaeological record.
The archaeo logical periods for East Tennessee are the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississppian, and Historic Native American.
Although these periods are defined by initial and terminal dates, each has general characteristic cultural manifestations
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Paleo-Indian Period The first known period of human occupation in the East Tennessee region is the Paleo-Indian.
This period is the least well defined due to a paucity of information especially on when the initial occupation came into the area.
Current estimates place the initial known occupation about 10,000 years ago.
The presumed subsistence base was principally large game hunting supplemented by gathering roots, berries, nuts, and probably anything else that was edible (Lewis and Kneberg 1958),
There is not a settlement pattern as such characteris tic of this period since the population consisted of nomadic hunters.
There are very few known habitation sites that date from the Paleo-Indian period; most of the material occurs as isolated artifacts or clusters of artifacts which indicate the Paleo-Indian sites were mainly brief campsites used for specific purposes rather than being occupied for longer periods with multiple economic activities being pursued.
Archaic Period The Archaic period lasted from the end of the Paleo Indian period to the beginning of the Woodland period, roughly from about 6000 years ago to about the beginning of the Christian era.
The subsistence base, similar to the one in the Paleo Indian period, put less emphasis on large-game animals and more on the collection of aquatic resources, especially the mollusks.
Plant foods were still procured with these becoming more impor tant in the latter part of the period.
The setklement pattern in the Archaic period appears to be a riverine distribution.
Most of the known sites in East Tennessee are located on river or stream terraces.
At the end of the Archaic period, there is evidence of intensive plant food exploitation, Excavations at a site in Loudon County bn the Tennessee River recovered the remains of acorn kernels, chenopod seeds, and sunflower seeds.
The sun flower seeds were especially significant because their size indicated that they were of a domesticated variety (Brewer
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There are probably some archaeological remains in the area that date from this ethno graphic or historic period.
Roberts (1969) cites one of the early settlers in the western portion of the Oak Ridge area as talking about the Indians living there in the late 1700's.
The Cherokees were quite affected by the coming of the Euroamericans; they adopted many of the new trades, artifacts, and customs, but kept many of their own in the process.
The result was a syncretic culture combining the best (as they saw it) elements of the Native American and Euroamerican cultures.
In the end, however, their determination to coexist with the Euroamericans led to their demise.
They happened to have possession of the river bottoms, prime agricultural lands; and these were the lands that appealed to the white settlers.
The final outcome was that the Cherokee were evicted from their homeland under Federal orders and forcibly moved to Oklahoma in 1838 in the infamous "Trail of Tears."
Synopsis of Euroamerican Settlement The first Euroamericans in the Oak Ridge area came in when the Cherokees were still in possession; they came to trap, hunt, and explore this new land that lay west of the Appa
- lachians, These early Whites included the French and English; the French were more concerned with symbiotic relationships with the Indians; they wanted the furs and goods that the Indians could provide French traders.
The Enqlish were more threatening to the Indians because they were after land and allegiance from the Cherokee against the French, The estab lishment of Fort Loudoun on the Tellico River in 1756 was an overt attempt by the English to thwart the French incursions into East Tennessee and provide a foothold for English settle ment there.
The first settlers in what is now the Oak Ridge Reserva tion were William Tunnell, Anne Howard, Isaac Freels, and Collins Roberts (Seeber 1928).
The descendants of these families were still in the area when the Corps of Engineers acquired the land for the Manhattan Project in 1942 (U.S. War Depart ment 1944).
Many current place names on the Reservation, such as Freels Bend and Robertsville, were derived from these early settler families.
PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH Almost any area in the country that has archaeological sites has had some sort of archaeological investigation over the past hundred years, and East Tennessee is no exception.
The combination of a rich archaeological potential, access by major waterways, the Tennessee and Clinch rivers, and Tennessee Valley Authority reservoir projects has resulted in East Tennessee and the Oak Ridge area receiving the attentions of a number of persons interested in the archaeological remains.
The first persons interested in this area were after Indian relics," the artifactual remains; this type of person, usually known as an antiquarian, is mainly concerned with the objects as works of primitive art and as a consequence is more interested in esoteric objects than the refuse'.of everyday life.
There is undoubtedly much appeal in esoteric artifacts, but the amount of cultural information they represent is usually fairly limited.
As in most sciences, archaeology has seen a shift in emphasis in the methods and goals of its research over the course of its development.
The early archaeologists were anti quarians, but through time they realized that there was more to prehistoric cultures than pots and arrowheads.
Artifacts were the result of complex activities; and if one was going to under stand prehistoric peoples and their lifeways, one had to do more than look at pots and rocks.
The Works Progress Administration archaeological salvage program in the 1930's generated an immense amount of data on the prehistory of East Tennessee.
Under the direction of Major Williams. Webb, large work crews excavated sites along the Tennessee and Clinch rivers that were destined to be flooded by a series of flood-control and power-generation dams being built by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Even though this work was generally well conducted, it was unavoidably done using 1930 techniques and operating under the then-current theories of archaeological sequences and culture change.
None theless, these massive projects collected vast amounts of data that are still in the process of being reviewed and analyzed.
Later reservoir projects in the 1940's led to the sur veying of the archaeological potential of the lower Clinch that would be affected by the building of Watts Bar Dam on the Tennessee River but which would flood portions of the Clinch.
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The most recent archaeological research conducted in the Oak Ridge area is in the area that will be affected by the construction of the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) on the lower Clinch (Schroedl 1972, 1973a, 1973b, 1974a).
The above brief overview of previous archaeological research in the Oak Ridge area is augmented by the following detailed information on each of the prior research efforts.
Cyrus Thomas Cyrus Thomas, under the auspices of the Bureau of American Ethnology, conducted an archaeological survey along part of the Clinch River which was reported in the 12th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1894.
Thomas visited the (40RE27) and commented on a flood in 1886 that had exposed a number of human burials (Thomas 1894:364-366),
He also recorded a site (40RE28), describing mounds and midden deposits (Thomas 1894:364-366).
Obviously the Thomas surveys were not particularly thorough nor complete, as he recorded only two sites in a stretch of the river where there are a large number, Norris Basin Survey The next professional archaeological investigations in what is now the Oak Ridge Reservation were conducted by William S. Webb as part of the massive WP/'. archaeological program.
As Norris Dam was under construction in 1933-34, Webb and a number of assistants excavated several sites that would be adversely affected by the backwaters of the dam.
The lake would inundate a large portion of the upper Clinch and Powell rivers and in the process cover most of the sites of prehistoric Indian occupation in those areas which were located on the first and second terraces.
In addition to the sites upstream from the dam, Webb excavated several sites on the downstream side.
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Both of these sites, Woodland period burial mounds, were completely excavated.
Watts Bar Reservoir Survey The construction of Watts Bar Dam in 1941 led to an archaeological survey of the lower Clinch River from the mouth upstream to about river mile 28.
This survey, conducted by Charles Nash of The University of Tennessee, recorded a large number of sites in this part of the river.
However, since the lake was not going to flood wide expanses of bottomland in this section of the river, the archaeological survey was con fined to a fairly narrow strip alonq the river.
The Nash survey was quite thorough and was aided by favorable ground conditions at the time, Most of the sites were in cultivated fields, which meant that the action of the plow would bring the archaeological materials to the surface.
These exposed surfaces greatly facilitate the discovery and delineation of archaeological sites.
The 1941 Nash survey covered both banks of the river but apparently did not include the tributary streams Melton Hill Reservoir Survey Melton Hill Dam was constructed on the Clinch River at mile 23 in 1962, The University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology conducted salvage archaeological investigations in the proposed reservoir area under the direction of Charles McNutt.
The 1960 field season was directed toward locating and assessing the archaeological potential of the various sites affected by the project (McNutt and Fischer 1960).
Field work in the 1961 season surveyed, tested, and also excavated two
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The particular sites on the Oak Ridge Reservation investigated during the Melton Hill Reservoir project are discussed in the site inventory section later in this report.
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A field survey in 1973 conducted by Gerald Schroedl, The University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology, located sites that would be affected by the work and recommended excavation of a Woodland period burial mound (40RE124) and extensive testing of site 40RE108.
Schroedl excavated the sites in the fall of 1973, and a report of his findings is in preparation.
The Woodland period burial mound excavation is quite interestina from an archaeological point of view since it may help answer some of the problems concerning the transition from Woodland period archaeological cultures into Mississippian period cultures.
The previous archaeological researches described above have one aspect in common--they were all concerned with archaeological sites along the river.
The river, however, makes up only a small part of the Oak Ridge area; the majority of the area has a ridge-and-valley topography characterized by open valleys and forested ridges.
The drainage pattern is oriented parallel to the valleys with small creeks feeding larger creeks, which in turn flow into the Clinch River.
The archaeological sites along this secondary drainage system and on the ridges were unknown prior to the present survey.
SURVEY PROCEDURES Operational Definitions Since this report will hopefully be rad by persons other than archaeologists, the following operational defini tions are presented to clarify the terminology used, We have operated under the basic assumption that the materials that we call archaeological remains are the product and direct result of human activity.
These remains can range from a simple stone used as a hammer and then discarded to an elaborate temple complex or city.
The most common terms one encounters in archaeological reports are site, artifact, period, and culture, An artifact is any material object that has been used, altered, or manu factured by man.
Common examples are projectile points, pottery vessels, structures, and all of the other various and sundry objects that man uses.
The term artifact includes not only tools, but also the by-products of tool manufacture.
Bence the waste flakes produced by the chipping of an arrowhead are as much artifacts as the finished product.
An archaeological site is any locus that contains evidence of human occupation.
The evidence is usually arti factual; but vegetation, topography, soil morphology, or chemical composition characteristics can indicate past human occupations, There is no specific minimum number of artifacts considered necessary for a location to be a site, but an iso lated artifact is not usually considered sufficient evidence.
The typical site contains any number of types of evidence such as tools, tool manufacturing by-products, food preparation remains, soil discoloration due to the increased organic mate rials associated with human occupation, and nonrandom placement of natural materials,
The sites reported in this survey were defined by the presence of artifactual evidence in addition to other factors.
An archaeological period is a block of time in the past that is defined by initial and terminal dates, but is also associated with characteristic cultural manifestations.
For example, the Late Woodland period is defined in a given locale by initial and terminal dates; but what makes it distinctive is the association of various cultural elements, such as burial mound deposition of the dead, specific types of artifacts, and 16
17 other attributes that when taken together form a cluster of characteristics that serve to distinguish the Late Woodland period from the Middle Woodland and other periods.
The use of the period concept is qualified by the realization that the initial. and terminal dates for a particular period in one region do not necessarily mean that the period has the same dates in another region.
For example, the historical period known as the Industrial Revolution does not have the same dates in England as it does in the United States.
An archaeological au lture is somewhat different from the traditional idea of culture as generated by cultural anthropologists.
To the cultural anthropologist, culture has been defined as "... that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society" (Tylor 1871 in Bock 1969: 17).
The archaeological culture, in contrast, does not directly involve nonmaterial aspects; it looks at the material things left by a group of people.
An archaeological culture, then, is defined by the total assem blage of artifacts that were used by a specific group of people.
For example, if a group made distinctive types of projectile points, pottery vessels, and did not make or use a certain type of scraper, then the presence and absence of the above artifacts serve to define the archaeoloqical culture in question.
The important aspect to keep in mind, however, is that the definition is based on a polythetic set; i. e., it takes more than a single type of artifact to define a culture, Consequently, if one has a small sample of artifacts, then it may be difficult to assign them to a given archaeo logical culture with a reasonable degree of certainty,
Only in the case where a culture is defined by a small number of very distinctive artifacts is the assignment easily made.
One example of such a case is the Late Woodland Hamilton culture.
This culture, at* the present time, is defined by the presence of conical burial mounds, small triangular projectile points with incurvate sides, and a specific type of pottery.
The small number of diagnostic traits is a reflection of the amount of information known, however; and these may be revised when more Hamilton sites are excavated and a complete range of cultural activities is investigated,
The cultural affiliations given to the sites investi gated by this survey were based on artifactual and other sup porting evidence.
In some cases the affiliation is quite tentative or nondiscernible due to a small sample size, lack of diagnostic material, or the presence of ambiguous evidence.
18 Areal Coverage An area the size of the Oak Ridqe Reservation could not be surveyed thoroughly in the time limitations specified in the initial survey request due to a number of reasons.
The area is about 37, 000 acres, and the majority of it is covered with light to heavy vegetation.
Vegetation is the nemesis of archaeological surveys since it obscures the kinds of evidence of human occupation that the archaeologist looks for.
As was stated previously, plowed fields are welcome sights to the surveyor since such fields can show the degree of concentration of artifacts, the site limits, and other kinds of useful data.
As a result, the area surveyed is considerably less than the total Oak Ridge Reservation.
The guidelines that were followed have been set forth in the introduction.
Figure l shows three categories of survey coverage, distinguished by the intensity or degree of completeness.
The first category is the areas which were examined closely and extensively.
The ground cover in these areas was such that a thorough survey could be carried out effectively and efficiently.
Examples are plowed fields and lake beaches.
The second category is those areas which were examined by the archaeologists but in which, due to vegetation cover, only parts of the area were in suitable condition to show evi dence of human habitation.
This category includes such areas as erosional washouts, creek banks, road cuts, and other denuded zones.
A large percentage of the area in this category,
however, was inaccessible for close examination.
In some cases if other factors indicated a likelihood of aboriginal occupa tion, then subsurface test pits were excavated.
The third broad category is the areas that were not examined due to time limitations, extensive disturbance, or safety reasons.
Survey Techniques The survey techniques used in this investigation con sisted of:
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The collections were made by experienced field archaeologists familiar with lithic, ceramic, and other types of artifactual remains.
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Examining the from a boat that was slowly paddled along the bank.
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4, Soil core samples were taken at selected locations to detect the presence or absence of culturally derived soil discontinuities.
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The metric system was used in the field recordina on the prehistoric sites investigated; the English system was used on the historic Euroamerican sites.
The original field notes, maps, site survey forms, color and black-and-white photoqraphs, and other field records will be kept on file at The University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology, Knoxville.
Duplicate copies of the site sur vey forms will be filed in the central site files housed in the Mcclung Museum, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Sites are numbered in accordance with the Smithsonian designation system.
All sites in Tennessee are numbered using a three-unit desig nation.
The first unit is the state ' s place in an alphabetical list of states (Tennessee
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The first site recorded in a given county is number l; the second is number 2, etc.
For example, the thirtieth site recorded in Anderson County, Tennessee, has the site designa tion 40AN30, Site names are usually derived from local landmarks, land-owner names, or other characteristics which aid in communi cation between archaeologists.
It is more convenient to refer to the site than to the 40AN22 site.
The inventory follows a general format that includes the site name, site number, location in respect to local land marks or features, latitude and longitude, description of the condition of the site at the time it was examined, previous archaeological research at the site, work done during the cur rent survey, comments, and recommendations.
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No excavations were con ducted (site survey records, U,T. Department of Anthropology, Knoxville).
Current investigations:
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Comments:
The 1960 survey assigned the site to Woodland and Mississippian period occupations.
Recommendations:
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The site is Present condition :
The general area is being used for pasture Previous investigations :
The site was recorded by the Melton Hill survey in 1961; no excavations were conducted.
Current investigations :
The site was not examined due to heavy ground cover and the fact that the area is not going to be affected by any known planned projects.
Comments:
There is insufficient data to assign a cultural affiliation to this site.
Recommendations :
No further testing is required.
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Previous investigations :
Recorded and tested by McNutt during Melton Hill survey in 1961.
current investigations :
None conducted since site will not be affected by known expansion plans.
Comments :
The site is reported as multicomponent with Woodland, Mississippian, and Euroamerican period occu pational debris evident (McNutt and Graham 1961).
The site is not likely to be affected by construction, but could be affected by illegal digging Recommendations:
No further testing is needed at this time.
Site ( 40AN21)
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Pasture,
Previous investigations:
The site was completely excavated by Webb in 1934 as part of the Norris Basin salvage program (Webb 1938: 180).
Current investigations:
The site area was visited, and the specific location was compared with 1934 field photo graphs and descriptions.
Comments:
The site consisted of two burial mounds that appear to be comparable to the mound (40RE124) currently being excavated at the LMFBR plant site (Schroedl 1974a) and the mounds located downstream (40AN22 and 40AN27).
The apparent temporal association is the Late Woodland period.
Recommendation:
No work is needed at this site.
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The site is inundated Previous investigations :
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The mound was completely exca the Norris Basin investigations Current investigations:
The site was relocated by exami nation of 1934 site records (site survey records,
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Comments:
This site was erroneously located on the survey maps used in the Melton Hill survey.
The mound is associated with the burial practices of the Late Wood land period and related to sites 40AN21, 40RE124, and 40AN27.
Recommendations:
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was surface col lected with The cultural material recovered consisted of 6 4 pieces of lithic material but did not include any specific diagnostic artifacts (Table B. 7).
Comments :
There is insufficient evidence to assign this site to a particular period, although a Woodland asso ciation is suggested.
Recommendations :
No further work is needed at this site.
Site (40AN26)
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Present condition :
Pasture Previous investigations :
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Current investigations :
Surface collection was made A total of 23 lithic artifacts were collected (Table B. 2).
Comments :
There is insufficient material to assign this site to a particular archaeological culture.
Recommendations :
No further work is needed.
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The site is in wooded with pine and hardwood,
pasture and lightly It is administered by Previous investigation:
Not previously recorded.
Current investigations:
The site, located with the assistance of
, consists of two small mounds designated A and B.
Mound A is larger than B and is more distinct (Fig. 5), Although there is some evidence of rodent burrowing in mound A and possibly some destruction by relic collectors, the mounds appear essentially intact.
Mound A is 1. 5 meters ( 5 feet) higher than the surrounding area, and mound B is 0, 7 meter ( 2 feet) higher.
Three one-meter square test pits were excavated in the immediate vicinity of the mounds to check for occupational material.
Surface collections around the mounds were also made, but no subsurface testing of the mounds proper was conducted, in order to avoid drawing attention to the site.
,,he cultural assemblage collected indicated that there was some occupation around the mound area (Table B.3),
Comments:
The mounds appear to be Late Woodland period burial mounds similar to ite 40AN21 and to 40RH7, a site on the Tennessee River in Rhea County (Fielder and Schroedl n. d. ).
The cultural material around the mounds does not appear to be associated with the mounds, but rather it is associated with a previous Early Woodland period occupation on that terrace.
Recommendations :
No further work is needed at this time, but the site should be excavated if any future plans would involve its being removed from the protection of Federal ownership.
If it becomes evident that the site is not well protected by reason of its being on the land, e. g. if the site is being destroyed by illegal digging by relic collectors, then it should be excavated by qualified personnel.
Site (40AN28)
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There has been some effort to restore the cabin, particularly the fireplaces; and a recent shake roof has been added.
Overall, however, the cabin is in excellent condition.
The outbuilding,
originally a smokehouse, has been converted into a public restroom, The grounds are well cared for, and the overall appearance is quite beautiful (Fig. 6),
Previous investigations :
No previous work has been con ducted at the site, Current investigations :
Measured drawings of the floor plan, north elevation (Figs. 7 and 8 ), and details of the chimney and fireplaces were made.
Detailed notes on the construction techniques were taken, and the con struction sequence was investigated.
The smokehouse was drawn and photographed.
No subsurface archaeo logical investigations were conducted.
Comments:
The cabin, which was reportedly built in the early 1800 ' s, is a double-pen construction with a central double chimney and fireplace.
One pen was built using a half-dovetail notching technique; the other pen has a V notch technique.
The fireplace mantle of the east pen has the date 1844 carved into it; and from the style of the figures, they could be authentic.
family, which lived in the house at the time of Federal acquisition in 1942, was one of the earliest families in Anderson County and did settle in this general locale (Seeber 1928),
It is quite possible that the cabin is one of the earliest cabins built in Anderson County.
Recommendations :
It is highly recommended that this cabin be thoroughly examined and evaluated for possible nomination to the National Register of Historic Places and that in the interim period no further alteration or restoration be conducted,
Additional drawings,
photographs, and records should be made and a thorough search of archival records made to establish the date of construction.
This site is probably one of the few historical sites on the Oak Ridge Reservation that has the potential for qualifying for the National Register of Historic Places, and steps should be initiated to pursue this end,
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The only exposed part Previous investigations:
None.
Current investigations:
Surface collection from the ex posed a total of 227 lithic artifacts were collected (Table B.4).
No ceramic artifacts were recovered.
Comments:
The artifacts collected indicate the site is represented by Middle and Late Woodland period components.
Recommendations:
No further work needed at this time.
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Present condition:
The site is in hay and strip corn; the survey was confined to the corn areas which had been recently plowed and planted, Previous investigations: None.
Current investigations:
Surface collection from plowed fields resulted in 20 artifacts (Table B, 5),
Comments:
Insufficient information to assign cultural affiliation.
Recommendations:
No further work required.
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The corn strips had been plowed at the time of the survey.
Previous investigations:
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Current investigations:
Surface survey collected five lithic artifacts (Table B. 6).
Comments:
Insufficient data to assign the site cultural affiliation.
Recommendations:
No further work required.
Site (40RE27)
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The site consists of two distinct units--a separate burial mound complex with three mounds and a habitation site at the mouth of Present condition:
The mound area is covered with heavy vegetation, mainly pine trees planted in the late l940 ' s, The mounds were only 3 feet (l meter) above the sur rounding surface when the site was surveyed in 1941 (site survey records, U. T. Department of Anthropology, Knoxville).
The habitation locus is in grass and weeds; the portion on the downstream side of Previous investigations:
The site was visited by Cyrus Thomas in 1886; he noted that burials had been exposed by a recent flood (Thomas 1894).
One mound was exca vated at that time.
The site was in cultivation when surveyed in 1941 by Nash as part of the Watts Bar Reservoir project (site survey records, U. T. Department of Anthropology, Knoxville).
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A surface collection was made, and one test pit was excavated to check the cultural stratigraphy.
Artifacts recovered included lithic materials and grit-tempered ceramics (Table B.7),
Comments:
The previous investigations indicate that the site is multicomponent with several Woodland period occupations present.
Local informants report that a
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Numerous artifacts were found during the topsoil borrow pit operations, accord ing to informants.
Recommendations:
The part of the site does not warrant further investigation due to the disturbance, but that if it would be affected by any con struction plans.
The mound complex area of this site is located In that case, the relocation and testing of the mounds would be advisable.
No further work is needed at the present time, Site (40RE87)
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Present condition:
Heavy vegetation Fairly shows some evi dence of occupation, Previous investigations:
The site was surveyed in 1941 by Nash, who reported shell and lithic debris in two dis tinct areas.
Current investigations:
The was examined, and fire-cracked cobbles were noted; no artifacts were collected.
Comments:
Insufficient data to assign cultural affiliation.
Recommendations:
No further work is needed at this time,
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The vegetation cover is weeds and small trees.
The site has been destroyed from an archaeo logical viewpoint by illegal digging by relic collec tors.
The surface is pock-marked with open pits dug for burials and artifacts.
Previous investigations :
The site was recorded by Nash during the Watts Bar Reservoir survey in 1941.
No professional excavations have been conducted at the site.
Current investigations:
Surface collections were made on the and material strewn around the site by the relic collectors was recovered, Interviews were conducted with persons familiar with the material that had been taken from the site.
Comments :
The material recovered from the site indicates the site is a Late Mississippian Dallas village (Table B, 8).
Although the site is protected under the Federal Antiquities Act, extensive illegal digging has been going on for at least ten years without significant interference from AEC Security personnel.
The result has been that the site is essentially worthless for any future archaeological research due to the massive dis turbance.
Reportedly about 200 human burials have been looted at the site, which could have serious conse quences since the site is under the legal protection of the Federal government under the conditions of the Federal Antiquities Act.
Recommendations:
No further work is desirable at the site due to the disturbance noted above.
However, it is strongly recommended that the type of wholesale destruc tion that occurred at this site be prevented in the future at other sites under the control of the Federal government and its subcontractors.
Site (40RE90)
Location:
This site, consisting of two mounds Present condition:
The mounds were low and eroded in 1941 when the site was surveyed by Nash (site survey records, U. T. Department of Anthropology).
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36 no discernible mounds in the locale presently,
landscaping operations in the immediate area.
ground cover is grass and weeds, due to The Previous investigations :
Reservoir project in conducted, Surveyed during the Watts Bar 1941.
No excavations were Current investigations : Surface collection resulted in the recovery of 35 lithic artifacts (Table B. 9).
No cultural deposit below the plowzone was detected.
Comments:
The morphological description and location of the mounds indicate a Late Woodland period association ;
the cultural material collected from the surface is not necessarily associated with the mounds,
Recommendations:
No further work needed.
Site (40RE96)
Location:
The site Present condition :
Previous investigations: Recorded by Nash in 1941; no excavation conducted, Current investigations:
None.
Comments:
There is insufficient data to assign the site to a particular culture, although a habitation site is indicated.
Recommendations: None,
Site (40RE97)
Location:
The site is located Present condition:
Previous investigations: Recorded in 1941 by Nash.
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None.
Comments:
Nash reports the site as a mussel shell concen tration.
No specific information is recorded that would indicate cultural affiliation.
Recommendations:
None,
Site (40RE98)
Location:
The site is Present condition:
Previous investigations:
Recorded by Nash in 194 1.
Current investigations:
None.
Comments:
Nash describes the site as a village with mussel shell over the entire surface; there is insufficient data to assign cultural affiliation,
Recommendations:
None.
Site (40RE99)
Location:
The site consists of two units, Present condition:
Previous investigations:
Site recorded by Nash in 1941.
Current investigations:
The site was not examined during this survey but will be examined in the fall of 1974 when the vegetation is less dense.
Comments:
period with a The village area was assigned to the Woodland by Nash, and the mound is probably associated Late Woodland period culture.
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38 Recommendations:
The mound should be located Site (40RE100)
Location:
The site is located about a Present condition:
The site is Previous investigations:
Recorded by Nash in 1941.
Current investigations :
Examined the in the area.
Comments :
Nash records the site as a small shell patch.
No cultural affiliation is noted.
Recommendations :
No further work is needed.
Site (40RElOl)
Location:
The site is Present condition:
The site is in thick grass with a few denuded areas.
Part of the site has been contaminated by radiation ecology studies.
Previous investigations:
The site was recorded by Nash in 1941.
Current investigations:
Since the site was in heavy grass over most of the surface, five l-meter square test pits were excavated to check for cultural material below the plowzone.
There were some artifacts a few centimeters below the lower boundary of the plowzone, but no indi cation of midden deposits was seen.
The surface col lection and test pits recovered 451 artifacts (Table B, 10).
Comments :
The artifacts recovered and Nash's comments indicate a Woodland period habitation site.
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39 Recommendations:
The site should be tested further if any extensive construction is planned in the area that would disturb the existing land surface.
Site ( 40RE102)
Location :
This site is Present condition :
The site is covered with a thick stand of pine trees.
Previous investigations:
The site was recorded by Nash in 1941.
Current investigations :
The of the site was examined; no artifacts were collected.
Comments :
The site was described by Nash in 1941 as a small site covered with mussel shell and assigned to a Woodland period component,
Recommendations :
No further work needed unless the area would be affected by construction activities.
Site ( 40RE103)
Location :
The site is situated Present condition :
Planted in young pines, weeds, and grass, the site is severely eroded on the A gravel road cuts through part of the site.
Previous investigations:
The site was recorded by Nash in 1941.
Current investigations :
A surface col lection was made in the areas exposed by erosion.
Test pits showed no sub surface cultural material.
Comments:
The surface collection indicates the site is possibly associated with. an Early Archaic period occu pation (Table B, 11),
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40 Recommendations :
The site should be tested further if any construction is planned in the area,
Site (40RE104)
Location :
Present condition :
The site is covered with light brush and trees.
There is portion of the site.
Previous investigations:
The site was recorded by Nash in 1941.
Schroedl ( 1972 : 4) conducted a surface survey and testing as part of the LMFBR project survey.
Current investigations :
The was examined and a surface collection made,
Two lithic artifacts were recovered (Table B, 12).
Comments:
The artifact concentration on the site is very sparse; no cultural affiliation is apparent.
Recommendations:
No further work is required.
Site ( 40RE105)
Location:
Present condition:
The site is planted with pine trees and moderate undergrowth.
the site, Previous investigations:
The site was recorded by Nash in 1941.
Schroedl (1972) conducted a surface survey and excavated 1 1 test pits.
Current investigations:
The site was examined from the but no material was collected.
Comments:
Nash in 1941 reported a mound in association with, but separated from, the habitation site.
Schroedl (1973a) relocated the mound and designated it as site 40RE124,
Nash assigned the village site to a Woodland period culture.
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41 Recommendations :
No further work is needed.
Site (40RE106)
Location:
Present condition:
The site has been partially destroyed by but a section along is apparently undisturbed.
Vegetation cover includes trees, grass, and weeds.
Previous investigations:
The site was recorded by Nash in 1941.
Schroedl (1972) tested the area and recommended that no further work was needed.
Current investigations:
The was examined; 67 artifacts were collected (Table B. 13).
The showed evidence of a cultural soil horizon below the plowzone.
Comments:
Nash records the site as Early and Late Woodland period with shell, lithic, and ceramic artifacts pres
- ent, Our collections confirm the Woodland attribution and indicate a possible Archaic period component also.
Recommendations:
No further work is needed due to the disturbance noted above.
Site (40RE107)
Location:
Present condition:
Pine tree stumpage covers most of the site along with weeds and grasses.
Previous investigations:
The site was recorded by Nash in 1941; it was tested in 1972 (Schroedl 1972),
Current investigations :
The was examined; no material was collected, Comments:
The site is mainly a mussel shell concentration with some associated occupational debris (Schroedl 1972),
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42 Recommendations :
Schroedl recommended testing of the shell concentration.
No additional work is recommended at this time.
40RE108 Location:
Present condition:
The area has been cleared of pine trees and underbrush leaving grasses and weeds.
Previous investigations:
The site was recorded by Nash in 1941,
Schroedl surveyed and tested the area (1972: 7) and conducted limited excavations (Schroedl 1973b,
1974a).
Current investigations :
Our survey did not do any addi tional work at the site.
Comments:
Schroedl's excavations at this site recovered Woodland period cultural material in a stratified deposit.
The faunal and botanical material has not been analyzed at this time but should yield informa tion about the functional activities at the site.
Recommendations:
None in addition to the work currently being conducted.
Site (40RE109)
Location:
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43 Present condition:
The area has been cleared of vegeta tion, graded, plowed, and planted with pine seedlings.
The survey was conducted prior to and after the plowing.
There are indications of some bulldozer activity in the area, but this seems to be confined to the top 10 centi meters of surface and was apparently associated with the vegetation-clearing operations.
Previous investigations :
The site was under cultivation when recorded by Nash in 1941, He recorded a large mound, 120 x 100 x 6 feet, that had a flat top.
At the time, the mound was being and plowing.
Current investigations :
The site was thoroughly surface collected, and a series of test pits were dug to deter mine the cultural stratigraphy present.
Surface col lections were made in before
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Surface collections in areas A and B were made before and after the site had been plowed and had had a hard rain.
In sum, the conditions were ideal for surface collection in both areas of the site,
Test pits in area A, which is located along the indicated cultural material to the depth of the water table ( 1. 5 meters (4. 6 feet] ).
Two test pits were excavated to a depth of 1. 5 meters; the soil strata were recorded and correlated with the artifac tual material recovered.
Artifacts collected from the beach could have originated in both the upper and lower cultural strata recorded in the test pits.
The material from the surface of the site, however, would only repre sent later occupations.
The artifacts recovered from area A include a number of diagnostic projectile points/knives ( Table B. 14),
They indicate that area A is a multicomponent site with Early and Late Archaic and Late Woodland period com ponents represented (Fig. 9).
Area B, which is situated on a knoll above area A, appears to contain Middle Archaic, Early and Late Wood land period artifacts.
None of the projectile points generally associated with Early Archaic cultures occurred in area B (Fig. 10; Table B. 15),
Core testing in area B did not show any cultural strata below the plowzone.
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Selected lithic artifacts :
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Comments :
Areas A and B of this site are distinct occupa tion areas that may represent temporal and/or func tional differences.
The mound reported by Nash in 1941 was not located and may have been leveled by clearing and grading operations.
His description of the mound suggests a Mississippian period cultural affiliation, but no artifacts diagnostic of the Mississippian period were recovered by this survey.
If this were a large Mississippian village, then the test pits or surface survey should have resulted in the recovery of Mississippian materials.
There were some artifacts diagnostic of the Late Woodland period present, however (Table B. 14).
It is possible that the reported mound was a Late Woodland period burial mound and its lateral extent was overestimated by Nash.
In the absence of other information, however, this is a conjectural explanation of the difference between Nash ' s observations and the results of the current work.
Recommendations:
This site should be excavated if any con struction activities are planned in the area.
The current land use is not deleterious to the archaeo logical remains.
Site ( 40RE110)
Location:
Present condition :
The site is The cultural deposit is visible in Previous investigations:
The site was recorded by Nash in 1941; two eroded mounds and a village unit were visible.
The mounds were Current investigations:
was surveyed at low water; a dark soi l stratum under the rubble fill was noted.
Two artifacts, a projectile point and a pitted cobble, were collected from the exposed beach area (Table B,16).
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49 Comments:
The artifactual material indicates a Woodland period occupation at this site.
The two mounds reported in 1941 were not located, Recommendations:
Due to the rubble overburden present at no further work is required.
Further efforts should be made to locate the mounds.
Site (40RE111)
Location:
This site Present condition:
Most of the site There is a small portion of the site but the would not permit any archaeological work at that time of year.
Previous investigations:
The site was recorded by Nash in 1941 as a small village site with no apparent depth of material.
Current investigations:
A surface collection before the lake was raised recovered 164 artifacts (Table B.17).
Core testing showed a dark soil stratum to a depth of about 40 centimeters that could be cultural in nature, prevented any test pit excavation.
There were a number of fire-cracked rocks indicating a habitation site, Comments:
The cultural material present indicates a mixed component site with Archaic and Woodland periods represented.
Recommendations:
No further work is recommended.
40RE124 Location:
Present condition:
The site is currently being excavated.
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50 Previous investigations:
The mound was surveyed in 1941 by Nash and designated as part of site 40RE105.
Schroedl relocated the mound in 1973 and redesignated the site 40RE124 (Schroedl 1973a).
The mound was exca vated in the fall of 1973, and more work is planned for the fall of 1974.
Current investigations:
Excavations are in progress.
Comments:
The mound is a Late Woodland period burial
- mound, It was constructed in three major building phases and contained 33 individual burials.
There is an Early Mississippian period midden on the northeast side of the mound that will be investigated further (Schroedl 1974a).
Recommendations:
None in addition to the work in progress.
Site (40RE125)
Location:
Present condition:
Previous investigations:
None:
Current investigations:
The was surface collected, and four artifacts were recovered (Table B. 18).
There were some mussel shell concentrations in the area also.
About 40 centimeters below the present surface was an occupation level containing daub and charcoal.
The areal extent of this feature is quite limited since wave action had deflated the surface around the feature.
The burned area could be asso ciated with reservoir clearing operations, however,
and not be associated with the cultural remains present on the site.
Comments:
A Woodland period cultural affiliation is assigned to the site.
Recommendations:
No further work is needed.
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Site ( 40RE126) 51 Location:
Present condition:
This (Fig. 12).
The surface is severely Previous investigations :
None.
Current investigations:
This site was surveyed with in late March.
Several due to local heavy rains.
Apparently the rapid current associated with the flood removed the surface soil from the site area and left the cultural debris on the subsoil.
A total of 2 43 artifacts was collected from the surface by a thorough survey of the exposed portion of the site (Table B. 19).
In addition to the large numbers of artifacts present, there were six fire-reddened areas in the clay subsoil.
Unfortunately, the lake came U'p before these features could be mapped.
Most of the site was exposed sterile clay, but the por tion at the tip of the bend was covered with silt deposits and not in suitable condition for surface collecting.
The collections were made in controlled spatial units, but artifact displacement by water flow probably invalidated any cultural significance to differences in the spatial distribution of various artifacts.
The surface assemblage contains artifacts from the Early Archaic and possibly Paleo-Indian periods,
Late Archaic, Middle Woodland, Late Woodland, and Mississip pian periods.
This assemblage is remarkable in the fact that although all of these periods are represented, only lithic artifacts were recovered.
No ceramic arti facts were present on the site at the time of the survey.
The range of lithic types present at the site is presented in Figs. 13, 14, 15, and 16.
There is no cultural stratigraphy on the exposed part of the site due to erosion.
The artifacts from each of the occupa tions are intermixed on the present surface.
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General view of (40RE126) with the site partially inundated; view to the northeast.
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The hearths also suggest the site was used for habitation, although the lack of other habitation debris such as fire cracked cobbles and pottery does not corroborate this inference.
There were pitted cobbles present, however, that indicate some type of food preparation was being carried out at the site.
Comments:
The abundance of artifacts at this site is due in part to the and to the fact that the site is inside the and access is restricted in that area.
Recommendations, The site should be examined so that the spatial distribution of the hearth areas can be mapped.
No extensive excavations would be warranted, due to the lack of subsurface cultural strata, although further testing is recommended in adjacent uneroded areas.
40RE127 Location:
Present condition :
remaining part The site the is in heavy grass and weeds.
Previous investigations:
None.
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This site was examined Three artifacts were recovered (Table B. 20 ),
Comments:
The cultural material at the site is very sparse; no cultural affiliation was assigned.
Recommendations:
No further work is required.
40RE129 Location:
Present condition:
Site is covered with vines, brush, and trees.
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Selected lithic artifacts:
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Mound was tested ; results inconclusive.
Comments:
The mound, which is about 3 to 4 meters high, could be aboriginal or could be the result of earth moving operations in the area.
It appears in a 1942 aerial photograph but was not mentioned by Nash, who surveyed that portion in 1941.
It seems highly unlikely that Nash would not have recorded so obvious a feature if it is of aboriginal origin.
He had the decided advantage of being able to talk to the landowners.
Schroedl is planning to test the mound further in the fall of 1974.
Recommendations:
None in addition to planned investigation.
Site (40RE131)
Location:
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The site is severely eroded and appears to have been subjected to borrow pit activities.
There are pine trees planted on part of the site, and the road probably cut through a portion also.
Previous investigations :
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Current investigations:
The site was examined and a surface survey resulted in the collection of nine artifacts (Table B, 21).
Comments:
This site is interesting because it is in a sequence of sites located Site 40RE27 is at and site 40RE132 is located from 40RE131.
The artifact density is quite low, but informants report that other artifacts have been collected from the
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Recommendations:
No further work is needed.
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The maj ority of the site appears to have been The remaining part is covered with grass, pine trees, weeds, and crushed rock (Fig. 17 ),
Previous investigations:
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Current investigations:
Work at the site consisted of a surface collection and one test pit, The test pit indicated no cultural strata below the plowzone.
The surface collection was from the portion of the site that has not been affected The artifacts recovered indicate Woodland and Archaic period components are present at this site (Table B. 22; Fig, 19),
Comments:
The site appears to be related to the other sites but more investigation is needed to determine the distribution of sites along this and in the area, The remaining portion of the site will be affected by future expan sion of Recommendations:
This site should be investigated further in light of expansion plans in the immediate area.
Additional work would involve the stripping of the plow-disturbed soil over the site area.
Once the plow zone is removed, any subsurface pits or burials that may have intruded below the plowzone can be discerned by differences in soil color and texture.
The presence of these subsurface features, if present, would greatly aid the interpretation of the site, If this work is not conducted, expansion of wil l destroy the remaining portion of the site.
Site (40RE133)
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The ground cover is grass and weeds in Previous investigations:
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Nineteen artifacts were recovered from the rock outcrop and adjacent area (Table B. 23).
Comments:
This site is probably a chipping station or a quarry site.
No evidence of habitation was found.
Recommendations:
No further work is needed.
Site (40RE134)
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Present condition:
The site was plowed and planted in pine seedlings when the survey was conducted (Fig. 18).
Conditions were excellent for the surface survey.
There is a and Euroamerican artifacts were found on the site.
Previous investigations:
None,
Current investigations :
A surface collection was made and 54 artifacts collected (Table B. 24).
No cultural strata were detected below the plowzone.
Comments:
This site is important because it demonstrates that there are sites located away from the main river area.
If the rest of the interior valley region were in a comparable condition to 40RE134, i. e., plowed, then many more sites would have been located, Woodland period cultural affiliation is suggested (Fig. 19),
Recommendations:
No further work is required at this time.
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Previous investigations:
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Current investigations:
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Comments:
One artifact recovered (Table B. 2 5)
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40RE136 Location:
Present condition:
and pine trees.
intact.
The site is overgrown in honeysuckle The structure foundation is still Previous investigations:
None.
Current investigations:
The foundation and associated well were drawn and photographed (Fig, 20),
Comments:
The structure appears to be the foundation of a log barn dating possibly from the mid-19th century and used until acquisition by the Manhattan Project in 1943.
Recommendations:
The structure and associated features should be investigated further.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN SPECIFIC RESERVATION AREAS In order to make this report more useful to persons involved in the planning stages of plant expansion, the fol lowing section describes the archaeological resources in specific plant areas.
is located on the lower portion of the are concerned.
Th survey has located (Fig. 21) that could be affected by future plant expansion Of these 12 sites, 4 would require extensive testing and excavation i f construction activities were planned in their locations (sites 40RE109, 40RE126, 40RE13 4, and 40RE136),
In addition to the prehistoric sites listed, there are a number of historic sites in that would need to be tested and evaluated if expansion were planned
- there, The is around the j unction of Any specific construction plans should include a detailed survey of the impact area.
Proposed Substation The proposed (TVA) substation site east of Blair Road was examined by this survey and by Gerald Schroedl, U, T, Assistant Research Professor.
No archaeological sites were located in the substation site area ( Schroedl 1974b ),
The is located between ridges.
The plant construction has affected most of the open area in that part of the valley and has expanded The westward plant expan sion would affect portions of and the 70 Exempted from Disclosure by Statute - Withheld Under 10 CFR 2.390(a)(3)
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The south exposure of west of the plant has been affected by radioactive waste disposal operations, and the area along west of the plant is being filled with earth and construction rubble.
The waste disposal area was examined, and no archaeological sites were located.
The area immediately west of Plant has been proposed for the facility.
This area (Fig. 22) was thoroughly tested for evidence of archaeological remains.
No archaeological sites are present in the proposed plant site or the immediate area around the site.
Traverses along the crests of ridges were made to check for historic sites; none were located in the areas surveyed.
Any specific expansion plans in area should include an evaluation of the proposed plant site locale.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory is located in Bethel Valley between Chestnut and Haw ridges.
There are eight sites located in The sites are 40RE2 7, 40RE101, 40RE102, 40RE103, 40RE104, 40RE131, 40RE132, and 40RE133.
Of these eight sites, 40RE27, 40RE101, and 40RE132 would require extensive testing and possible excavation if construction activities were planned in their locations.
The expansion 40RE132, and plans should be made to test and excavate the site or divert the expansion to an area that is devoid of archaeological materials.
Other future construction projects should be reviewed with respect to the impact on archaeological resources beyond what this preliminary survey has located.
The sector of the Oak of agriculturally active materials.
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74 could be affected by expansion er acquisition of the lands for other purposes (Fig. 23).
Cf these ten sites (40AN8, 40AN20, 40AN25, 40AN26, 40AN27, 40AN28, 40AN29, 40AN30, and 40AN31 ), three would involve extensive testing and possible excavation if they were threatened by construction or other plans that would alter the site.
These three sites, 40AN20, 40AN27, and 40AN28, could be affected by a proposed transfer of the the City of Oak Ridge.
One site, the will be evaluated in a future study for possible nomination to the National Register of Historic Places,
Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Site The LMFBR plant site has been thoroughly surveyed for prehistoric and historic sites under specific contract arrange ments between TVA, PMC, and The University of Tennessee.
The sites that will be affected by possible plant construction have been tested, and salvage excavations are in progress (Schroedl 1974a ).
Existing Transmission-Line Corridors One corridor was selected for examination to evaluate any archaeological sites present.
The corridor selected was deemed typical of others in the Reservation since it transected both ridge and valley terrains.
Specifically, the corridor runs in a northwesterly direction from White Oak Lake to a junction north of Tennessee highway 5 8 east of the George Jones Memorial Church,
The corridor was surveyed from where it crosses Tennessee highway 95 on the south side of Haw Ridge, across Haw Ridge through Bethel Valley, across Chestnut Ridge and through Bear Creek Valley, across Pine Ridge to Tennessee highway 58.
One archaeological site, 40RE133, was located during the survey.
In general, transmission-line corridors do not adversely affect archaeological sites unless extensive excavation or filling is involved in tower construction.
Easement clearing operations would affect above-ground features such as mounds and historic structures.
Based on the transmission-line corridor examined, the existing corridors on the Reservation do not adversely affect archaeological sites and resources.
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7 6 Federal Building, Oak Ridge, Tennessee A construction trench at the northeast corner of the Federal Building was examined for stratigraphic evidence of aboriginal occupation.
No indications of such were evident.
No other work was done in the area since extensive landscaping activities have been carried out around the building.
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AND CONCLUSIONS Temporal Patterns In an earlier section, the classification of the periods of prehistoric occupation of the Tennessee region was presented.
These are the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, and Historic Native American.
The following section summarizes the archaeological sites located during this survey from the standpoint of their temporal affiliation and chronological sequence.
A site can be listed under differ ent time periods if it was occupied at different times.
Paleo-Indian Period Only one site, 40RE126, yielded material possibly associated with the Paleo-Indian period.
One artifact, a uni facial scraper (Fig. 15a), is quite similar to artifacts from the West Tennessee that has been assigned to the transitional Paleo-Indian period (Lewis and Kneberg 1958),
Due to the presence of only one Paleo-Indian artifact at this site, it cannot be considered a Paleo-Indian occupation but may indicate that the site was used during the latter part of that period.
Archaic Period The Archaic period, which lasted from ca. 7 0 0 0 B.C. to ca. 10 0 0 B. C., has been divided into three subdivisions-Early, Middle, and Late.
A fourth division, the Terminal Archaic, is also recognized in East Tennessee (Mccollough and Faulkner 1973).
Eight sites have been tentatively assigned to the Archaic period--40RE87, 40RE101, 40RE103, 4 0RE106, 40RE109A, 4 0REll l, 4 0RE126, and 4 0RE132.
Of these, two have sufficient sample sizes to discriminate the subdivisions within the Archaic period.
The site (40RE126) assemblage contained material characteristic of the Early, Middle, Late, and Terminal Archaic periods.
The (40RE109A) assemblage contained artifacts referable to the Early and Late Archaic periods.
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78 Woodland Period Twenty-four sites on the Reservation have been assigned to the Woodland period based on the presence of diagnostic artifactual material or the occurrence of characteristic features such as burial mounds.
The following sites were apparently occupied during this period :
40AN2, 40AN20, 40AN21, 40AN22, 40AN25 1 40AN27, 4 0AN29, 40RE27, 4 0RE90, 40RE99, 4 0RE101, 40RE102, 40RE105, 40RE106, 40RE107, 4 0RE108, 40RE109A and B, 40RE110, 40RE111, 4 0RE124, 40RE126, 40RE131, 4 0RE132, and 40RE134.
Early, Middle, and Late subdivisions are represented.
Mississippian Period The Mississippian period is represented by five sites--
40AN2, 40AN20, 40RE89, 40RE124, and 40RE126, Of these five, only one, the (40RE89), is a major habita tion site with extensive evidence of a large village.
There were other large Mississippian villages along but none on the Oak Ridge Reservation.
Historic Native American Period Although there were Native Americans living in the area when the first Euroamericans arrived, no archaeological sites dating from this period were located or identified as such.
The usual criteria for determining whether a site is historic ative American is the presence of European trade artifacts in an Indian context such as burial associations,
The presence of Euroamerican artifacts mixed with aboriginal artifacts on the surface of a site does not necessarily indicate a historic Native American site.
Historic Euroamerican Period This period was not the primary focus of this survey, although several historic sites were investigated.
Two sites were selected for a detailed examination--
( 4 0AN28) and a barn foundation (40RE136).
There are many other historic sites on the Reservation that require a detailed investigation not within the scope of the resent survey.
Steps have been initiated to undertake a study of the tradi tional architecture of the Oak Ridge Reservation.
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79 Site Distribution Patterns Intersite Patterns The primary site distribution patterns are related to the The majority of the known sites are associated with the The favored site location Examples include Sites were also located sites 40RE126 and 40RE134 are notable examples.
Only one site was investigated This site, 40RE133, a possible on represents a different type of activity than the habitation or food resource associated with sites along the river.
Intrasite Patterns Comments on relationships within sites are quite tenta tive in a survey of this nature which did not involve extensive testing of each site, but one aspect did become apparent during the course of the survey.
There were five sites that included Late Woodland burial mounds as distinctive features (40AN21, 40AN27, 40RE27, 40RE90, and 40RE110).
All of these sites have multiple mounds; 40RE27 has three and the others have two.
The occurrence of the mounds in multiple groups is probably related to discrete cultural practices in Late Woodland times.
It may be that once a burial mound reached a given size, a new mound was started.
This pattern has been documented at several sites in East Tennessee.
The had five mounds with four of them paired (Fielder and Schroedl n. d. ).
The (40AN27) also has two mounds, one larger than the other, as did the (40AN21).
Another possible explanation, other than a sequential process, is that the separate mounds represent different social or political units and that such units are reflected in the construction of separate mounds.
The existence of isolated mounds such as sites 40RE124, 40AN21, 40RE99, and others can be incorporated into either scheme; i. e., they might not have reached optimum size, or there was only one socio-political group depositing their dead in that area.
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80 The above comments are conjectural at this time, but current research at site 40RE124 and other mound sites should help resolve some of these questions.
Conclusion It should be realized that this study is preliminary and did not have the time nor the resources to effect a com plete inventory of all of the sites on the Reservation.
A complete inventory would be a major project of the size and scope that have been applied to some of the TVA reservoir projects such as Tellico and Normandy.
Projects of this scope involve the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars and several years of intensive survey, testing, and excavation.
The magnitude of these projects is necessitated by the fact that large numbers of sites will be affected by the impoundment of major river systems.
This situation is not analagous to the Oak Ridge Reservation where the effect on archaeological resources will be limited to specific construction activities.
Consequently, the evaluation of the impact of such projects can be handled as they arise on an individual basis.
Examples of this type of evaluation include the LMFBR site survey and salvage excavations (Schroedl 1972, 1973a, 1973b, 1974a); the proposed TVA Poplar Creek substation survey (Schroedl 1974b); and the proposed ORMAK F/BX site examined during the current survey.
The result of the limited scope of the current survey is that although a number of sites were investigated, there are undoubtedly other sites on the Reservation that would add to the model of site distribution relationships.
The east fork is recorded (40RE134).
This site was discovered because the surface in the immediate area had been cleared of the heavy vegetation and plowed.
Had other areas been in comparable condition, it is virtually certain that other sites would have been located.
Thus our conclusions on the distribution of archaeological sites is limited by the incompleteness of our data, mainly due to a small sample size and areas that have not been investigated.
This lack of information, however, does not prevent us from postulating general implications of settlement patterns that can be tested in similar physiographic and ecological situations.
Studies of the type conducted in this survey can be integrated into larger area models.
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This information will be made avai lable to interested persons involved in the planning of future projects that may have an impact on archaeological resources.
Other that the LMFBR project, there is only one site investi gated during this survey which will be affected by immediate construction activities.
This site, However, there may be other planned construction of which the investigators are unaware that would affect archaeological sites.
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RECOMMENDATIONS 1,
The site (40RE132) that will be affected by the should be tested further to assess the impact of such expansion.
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A survey comparable to the present one should be con ducted to assess and evaluate the impact of the Oak Ridge Operations on the historic sites on the Reserva tion that predate the Manhattan Project, including the possibility of nominating the site to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Any specific future activity that would possibly affect archaeological or historic resources or sites on the Reservation should be evaluated on its specific impact.
This includes any transfer of Federally owned properties to private or municipal agencies, as out lined in Executive Order 11593 of 13 May 1971.
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Observations of the Summer Birds in Melton Valley.
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Observations of the Mammals with Special Referenoe to Melton Val l,;y, USA.EC Report ORNL-CF-59-19-126, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
JOHNSON, R. M, 1964 The Herpetofauna of the Oak Ridge Area.
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NASH, CHARLES H.
n.d.
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- n. d.
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APPENDIX A MAMMALS AND HERPE'rOFAUNA OF THE OAK RIDGE AREA AND VERTEBRATE REMAINS FROM THE[
, ]LOUDON COUNTY 87 Exempted from Disclosure by Statute - Withheld Under 10 CFR 2.390(a)(3)
Exempted from Disclosure by Statute
88 TABLE A. l MAMMALS OF OAK RIDGE AREA Common Name Virginia opossum Eastern mole Short-tailed shrew Southeastern shrew Small short-tailed shrew Smoky shrew Little brown myotis Southeastern bat Red bat Raccoon Mink Striped skunk Gray fox Bobcat Woodchuck Eastern chipmunk Eastern gray squirrel Beaver Eastern harvest mouse White-footed mouse Golden mouse Rice rat Pine vole Muskrat Norway rat Cotton rat House mouse Eastern cottontai l White-tai led deer Feral domestic dog Scientific Name Dide Zphis virginiana Saa lopus aquaticus B l arina brevi aauda Sorex longiro s tris Cryp to tis parva Sorex fumeus Myo t i s luaifugus My o t i s aus troriparius Lasiurus borea l i s Procyon lotor Mus t e l a vison Mephi tis mep hi ti s Uroayon ainereoargenteus Lynx rufus Marmo ta monax Tamias s triatus Sciurus aaro l inens i s Cas tor canadens i s Rei throdontomy s humu l i s Peromy s aus l euaopus Peromy scus nu t ta l li Oryzomy s pa lus tri s Pi tymy s pinetorum Ondatra z ib e thiaa Rattus norvegicus Sigmodon hi spidus Mus mus cu lus Sy lv i lagus floridanus Odocoi leus virginianus Canis fami liaris SOURCE :
Howell and Dunaway 1 9 5 9.
8 9 TABLE A. 2 HERPETOFAUNA OF OAK RIDGE AREA Common Name Pickerel frog Green frog Bullfrog Northern cricket frog Upland chorus frog Spring peeper Eastern gray tree frog Eastern narrow-mouthed toad American toad Fowler ' s toad Eastern spadefoot toad Southern leopard frog Spotted salamander Red-spotted newt Northern dusky salamander Slimy salamander Northern red salamander Northern two-lined salamander Cave salamander Common snapping turtle Eastern spiny soft-shelled turtle Eastern painted turtle Map turtle Pond s lider Eastern box turtle Northern fence lizard Ground skink Broad-headed skink Five-lined skink Six-lined racerunner Scienti fic Name Rana pa lus tris Rana a lami tans me lano ta Rana aatesbeiana A aris arepi tans arepi tans Pseudaari s t:r>iseri a ta feriavum Hy la aY'uaifer Hy la v ersiao lor vers iao lor Gas trop hryne aaro linens is Bufo terre s tri s ameriaanus Bufo woodhousei fow leri Saaphiopus ho lbrookii ho lbJ:>ookii Rana pipiens sphenoaep ha la Amby s toma maau latum Diemi a ty lua virides aens viride s a ens D esmognathus fus aus fusaus P Ze thodon g l u t inosus g lutinosus Pseudo tri ton ruber ruber Eury aea his Zineata b i s l inea ta EuJ:>yaea lu aifuga Che Zydra s erpentina e erpen tina Trionyx epinifeJ:> spinifer Chry s emy s piata p i c ta Grap temy s geograp hiaa PseudGmys s arip ta Terrapene aaro l ina aaro l ina Sae Zoporue undu Za tu s hy aai n t hinus Lygo s oma Zatera Ze Eumea e s latiaeps Eumeoes fasciatus Cnemidophorus s ex linea tus
9 0 TABLE A. 2--Continued Common Name Northern water snake Queen snake Diamond-backed water snake Eastern garter snake Eastern worm snake Midland brown snake Northern red-bel l ied snake Northern ringneck snake Northern black racer Eastern milk snake Mole snake Corn snake Gray rat snake Rough green snake Northern copperhead Timber rattlesnake Stripe-necked musk turtle Ouachita map turtle Slider turtle Stinkpot turtle Eastern earth snake Scarlet snake SOURCE :
Johnson 1 9 6 4.
Scienti fic Name Natrix s ipedon a ipedon Na trix sep temvi t tata Natrix rhombifera rhomhifera Thamnophi s a irta l i s s irta l i s Carphop hi s amo enus amoenus Storeria de kayi wrightorum Storeria oaaip tomaau lata ooaip i t omaau lata Diadophis puna tatus edwardsi Co luber aons trio tor oons tri otor L. do l iata triangu lum L. aa l l igas ter rhombomaau lata E l aphe gu t tata guttata Elap he obso le ta sp i loide s Opheodry s aes tivus Agkis trodon oontortrix mokeson Cro ta lus horridus horridus Sterno thaerus minor pe l tifer Grap temy s p s e udo -ge ographiaa ouaoh i t ensis Ps eudemys aonainna hi erog lyp hiaa Sternotharus odora tus Ha ldea va leriae va leriae Cemophora aoaoinea
9 1 TABLE A. 3 VERTEBRATES IDENTIFIED FROM SITE Common Name Fishes Gar Sucker Catfish/Bullhead Freshwater drum Indet. fish bones Amphibians Toad Reptiles ( snakes )
Snake sp.
Reptiles ( turtles )
Snapping turtle Musk turtle Eastern box turtle Slider Turtle Turtle spp.
Softshell Birds Turkey cf. Sandhill crane Indet. bird bone fragments Mammals Raccoon Squirrel Beaver Elk ?
White-tailed deer Indet. mammal bone fragments SOURCE :
Parmalee 197 3.
Scientific Name Lep i s o s te u. s sp.
family Catos tomidae Iota lU:t'US sp.
Ap lodino tus g:t'unniena Bufo sp.
Che Z ydra s e rpen tina S t e Pno thae:t'us odo:t'a tus Te:t'Pap ene cf. aaro Zina cf. Ps eudemy s Ps eudemy a, Grap temy s,
Chry s emys group Trionyx sp.
Me leagP i s ga l lopavo Gl"us aanadensis PJ."o ayon lo tot>
Soiurus sp.
Cas tor aanaden s i s Ce:t'vus aanade n s i s Odo aoi leus virginianus Exempted from Disclosure by Statute - Withheld Under 10 CFR 2.390(a)(3)
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]
Exempted from Disclosure by Statute
APPENDIX B INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL MATERIALS RECOVERED 9 3
B,
INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL MATERIALS RECOVERED The cultural materials that were collected during the course of this survey were catalogued by site number and specific provenience such as test pit number, general surface, location within a site, or any other pertinent identification.
After washing and labeling, the artifacts were typed using standard archaeological procedures and criteria.
The lithic artifacts were analyzed by Mr. Stephen Cooper, a member of the field party and a graduate student in anthropology at The University of Tennessee.
Mr. Cooper is experienced in lithic analysis and classification, having worked on materials from the Normandy Reservoir salvage project.
The ceramic artifacts were analyzed and classified by the author.
The lithic artifacts were typed using the scheme devised for the Normandy Reservoir as developed in Faulkner and Mccollough (1973).
This typology was used to describe the various types of lithic artifacts recovered durinq the course of survey, testing, and preliminary excavation in that reser voir.
The result of their work was a set of descriptive attributes which defined a given type of artifact.
For example, Type 45 in their collection is a small triangular projectile point/knife with a thin, narrow, incurvate blade.
Distin guishing criteria are further defined based on method of flaking used, base shape, and metric attributes (Faulkner and Mccollough 1973 : 90).
Their type categories were used in the ordering and description of the artifacts recovered in this survey.
The assigning of a Normandy type number to a projectile point found at Oak Ridge does not imply that the same peoples or culture associated with those at Normandy in Middle Tennessee were present in Oak Ridge.
What it does mean is that the point found in Oak Ridge fits the description of the point type described in Normandy.
I t is assumed in a broad sense that the two points are temporally related, but the relationship should not be pushed too far.
For example, Type 45 is related to a Late Woodland period occupation in Middle Tennessee and has been shown to be related to a Late Woodland period occupation in East Tennessee; but this does not imply that the same people were occupying both areas.
This particular point type occurs in both places at about the same time and can be used as a marker for the Late Woodland period in both areas.
9 4
95 A complete listing of the descriptive attributes of each of the Normandy types can be found in Faulkner and Mccollough (1973:80-159),
An abbreviated list of the descrip tive morphology of each type is listed below; the tables in this appendix are keyed to that list, as well as the detailed description in the original source.
Several of the artifacts recovered at Oak Ridge did not fit comfortably into the types proposed for Normandy.
In these cases supplemental types were described, but not assigned num bers to avoid confusion with additional numbers that will be given to new types in the Normandy series.
The numbers listed below correspond to those assigned to the types in Faulkner and Mccollough (1973: 72-79).
Lithia Typology Master List--Oak Ridge Survey Primary Lithia 1.
Hammerstone 2a.
Crude subconical core 2c.
Discoidal core 2d.
Amorphous core 3.
Core trimming flake 4.
Flat flake 5,
Bifacial thinning flake 6.
Utilized flake 7.
Miscellaneous retouched flake Unifacial Implements 8,
End scraper on flake 10.
Side scraper on flake 11.
Transverse side scraper 14, Notched flake 15.
Spokeshave 16, Denticulate flake 17.
Perforator 18, Graver 19.
End and side scraper 21,
End scraper/graver 23.
Miscellaneous unifacial implements Bifacial Implements 25.
Thick biface:
blank, roughout 26, Knife, including asymmetrical knife 27, Preform:
knife 28.
Core scraper
- 30.
31,
- 32.
36b.
End scraper Chisel Side scraper Perforator 96 Projectile Points/Knives 43,
- 44.
- 45.
- 46.
- 47.
- 50.
53.
- 56.
58, 60,
- 61.
- 62.
66.
67,
- 69.
- 71.
- 73.
- 74.
7 5,
- 76.
7 8.
8 0.
- 84.
8 6,
- 88.
8 9,
- 90.
- 91.
96.
9 8,
9 9,
100.
101.
107.
109.
112.
114.
115.
116.
122.
Small triangular, thin narrow excurvate blade Small triangular, thick narrow incurvate blade Small triangular, thin narrow incurvate blade Small triangular, thin narrow straight blade Small triangular, thick narrow straight blade Pentagonal Medium-large triangular, straight-excurvate blade Medium-large triangular, recurvate elongate blade Unidentifiable broken trianqular Narrow thick lanceolate stemmed Narrow thick lanceolate expanded stemmed Narrow thick lanceolate side notched Medium-large wide shallow side notched Medium-large shallow side notched, narrow blade Small shallow side notched Undifferentiated side notched Small corner notched, thin blade Small-medium corner notched Medium corner notched, elongate blade Small-medium expanded stemmed Small-medium short straiqht stemmed Small-medium narrow expanded stemmed, slight barb,
narrow blade Medium undifferentiated expanded stemmed Large wide contracting stemmed Medium contracting stemmed, narrow blade, weak shouldered Medium short straight-rounded stemmed, weak shouldered, narrow blade Medium short rounded stemmed, strong shouldered Medium rounded stemmed, narrow blade Medium short stemmed, unfinished base Medium straight stemmed, narrow blade Medium-large straight stemmed, weak shouldered Medium short straight stemmed, narrow blade Medium straight stemmed, narrow blade, strong shouldered Asymmetrical stemmed knife Large crude straight stemmed Medium-large corner removed, wide blade Small-medium corner removed Medium-large basal notched, wide blade Medium-large short rounded base, wide blade Large corner notched, straight base
97
- 123, Medium-large corner notched, straight base 124.
Medium-large corner notched, excurvate base 125.
Medium corner notched, straight base
- 127, Medium short expanded stemmed, serrated blade 129.
Small-medium short expanded stemmed, bifurcate base, narrow blade 130.
Small-medium expanded stemmed, bifurcate base, narrow blade, weak shoulders 131.
Medium short expanded stemmed, bifurcate base, wide blade, barbed 138,
Unidentifiable broken distal ends 139.
End Sfraper, reworked on proj ectile point/knive Ground Stone Implements 141.
Pecked cobble 142.
Pecked pebble 144.
Pitted cobble, Type B 146.
Pitted cobble, Type D
- 1. 4 8.
Pitted cobble, Type F 149.
Ground and battered cobble, Type A 154.
Ground and faceted hematite 156.
Celt, green slate (greenstone) 159,
Green slate fragment 160.
Worked igneous rock fragment 162.
Worked steatite
Arti fact Type No.
3 4
5 6
7 8
1 4 Total Artifact Type No.
2d 3
4 5
6 1 0 Total 9 8 TABLE B. 1 SITE 4 0AN2 5 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Artifacts Recovered 1 3 2 3 1 3 1 2 1
1 1
6 4 TABLE B. 2 S I TE 4 0AN2 6 ARTIFACT AS:3EMBLAGE Artifacts Recovered l
7 8
4 2
1 23 2 0. 3 3 5. 9 2 0. 3 1 8. 8 l. 6 l. 6 1. 6 4. 3 3 0. 4 3 4. 8 1 7. 4 8. 7 4. 3
99 TABLE B. 3 SITE 4 0.A.N27 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Artifact Arti facts Type No.
Recovered 2d 1
0. 5 3
4 5 2 4. 2 4
64 3 4. 4 5
2 5 13. 4 6
3 8 2 0. 1 7
1 0. 5 8
3 1. 6 1 5 1
0. 5 1 7 1
0. 5 1 8 1
0. 5 7 8 1
0. 5 1 0 0 1
o. s 13 8 4
2. 2 Total 1 8 6
Artifact Type No.
2d 3
4 5
6 7
8 1 0 1 4 1 5 18 19 2 3 1 4 7 5 3 6 2 6 9 1 3 8 Tota l 1 0 0 TABLE B. 4 SITE 4 0AN2 9 ARTI FACT ASSEMBLAGE Artifacts Recovered 1
52 6 6 31 5 3 3
5 3
2 2
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 2
2 2 7 0. 4 2 2. 9 2 9. 1 1 3. 7 2 3. 3 1. 3 2. 2 1. 3 0. 9 0. 9 0. 4 0. 4 0. 4 0. 4 o. 4 0. 4 0. 4 0. 9 1 Two s ide-scraper edges converging to form a perforator or graver.
Artifact Type No.
3 Total Artifact Type No.
3 2 8 Total 101 TABLE B. 5 SITE 40AN 3 0 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Artifacts Recovered 1 4 2
4 2 0 TABLE B. 6 SITE 4 0AN3 1 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Artifacts Recov,=red 1
.1 l
2 5
7 0. 0 1 0. 0 2 0. 0 2 0. 0 2 0. 0 2 0. 0 4 0. 0
Clas s i fication Lithic Ceramic 1 0 2 TABLE B. 7 S I TE 4 t) RE 2 7 ARTIFACT At3SEMBLAGE Artif act Type No.
1 4
5 8
2 5 4 3 Supplemental 1 Total Lime stone-tempered Cord-marked P l ain Total Artifacts Recovered 1
1 1
2 1
1 1 -
8 1
2 -
3 1 Very small, extremely smooth pebble.
1 2. 5 1 2. 5 12. 5 2 5. 0 1 2. 5 12. 5 12. 5
Classification Lithia Ceramic 1 0 3 TABLE B. 8 SITE 4 0RE 89 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Artifact Type No.
2d 3
4 5
6 7
8 1 0 11 17 18 138 Total Shell-tempered Incised ( Dallas )
Cord-marked Filleted rims Plain Salt pan Total Artifacts Recovered 4
2. 4 3 :2 19. 0 2 6 15. 5 2 5 14. 9 5 4 3 2. 1 5
3. 0 5
3. 0 7
4. 2 2
1. 2 l
0. 6 3
l. 8 4
2. 4 1 6 8 9
4 3 4
2 7 1 1
3 2 8
Artifact Type No.
3 4
5 6
7 1 0 1 9 2 8 1 3 8 Total 1 0 4 TABLE B. 9 SITE 4 0 RE 9 0 ARTI FACT ASSEMBLAGE Arti facts Recovered 6
7 7
6 1
3 2
2 1
3 5 17. 1 2 0. 0 2 0. 0 1 7. 1 2. 9 8. 6 5. 7 5. 7 2. 9
Arti fact Type No.
2d 3
4 5
6 7
8 1 0 11 18 19 2 3 1 2 5 3 1 6 0 7 3 13 8 1 4 1 1 4 2 Total 1 0 5 TABLE B. 1 0 SITE 4 0 RE1 0 1 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Arti facts Reco*Jered 7
1 0 6 1 8 1 5 2
'7 7 2
5 7
1 1
2 1
2 1
1 1
2 1
1 4 5 1 1 Smal l-medium uni facial knife.
1. 6 2 3. 5 4 0. l 1 1. 5 1 7. 1 0. 4 1. 1 1. 6 0. 2 0. 2 0. 4 0. 2 0. 4 0. 2 0. 2 0. 2 0. 4 0. 2 0. 2
Art i fact Type No.
2d 3
4 5
6 7
8 1 0 1 4 1 9 1 2 7 1 4 4 Total Artif act Type No.
3 1 0 Total 1 0 6 TABLE B. 1 1 SITE 4 0 RE 1 0 3 ARTI FACT ASSEMBLAGE Arti facts Recovered 2
4 2 1 7 1 3 4 2 6
2 2
l l
1 1
1 3 0 TABLE B. 1 2 SITE 4 0RE 1 0 4 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Arti facts Re covered l
1 2
l. 5 3 2. 3 1 3. 1 1 0. 0 3 2. 3 4. 6 l. 5 1. 5 0. 8 0. 8 0. 8 0. 8 5 0. 0 5 0. 0
Classification Lithic Ceramic 107 TABLE B. 13 SITE 4 0RE10 6 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Artifact Artifacts Type No.
Recovered 2d 1
3 16 4
13 5
1 8 6
7 7
1 8
2 1 0 4
50 1
5 8 1
9 8 1
15 9 1
160 1 -
Total 6 7 Grit-tempered Plain 1
1. 5 2 3. 9 19. 4 2 6. 9 1 0. 4 1. 5 3. 0 6. 0 1. 5 l. 5 1. 5 1. 5 1. 5
Clas s i f ication Li thic 1 0 8 TABLE B. 1 4 S I TE 4 0RE 1 0 9.A ARTI FACT AS SEMBLAGE Arti fact Type No.
2a 2c 2d 3
4 5
6 7
8 9
1 0 1 4 1 6 1 8 2 1 2 3 1 2 5 2 6 2 8 3 0 3 1 3 2 4 3 4 5 6 0 6 1 7 1 7 3 7 5 7 6 7 8 8 4 8 6 9 0 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 0 13 1 1 3 8 Arti facts Recovered 2
O. 4 2
0. 4 1 6 3. 4 1 7 2 3 6. 8 5 6 1 2. 0 5 3 1 1. 3 7 7 1 6. 5 1 3 2. 8 7
1. 5 l
0. 2 2
0. 4 2
O. 4 1
0. 2 8
1. 7 3
0. 6 2
0. 4 2
0. 4 1
0. 2 l
0. 2 1
0. 2 l
0. 2 2
0. 4 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 3
0. 6 1
0. 2 l
0. 2 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 2
0. 4 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 1
0. 2 1 0 2. 0
109 TABLE B. 14--Continued Artifact Artifacts Classification Type No.
Recovered 13 9 ( 9 0 ) 2 1
0. 2 141 2
0. 4 14 4 l
0. 2 154 1
0. 2 156 1
0. 2 159 1
0. 2 1 6 2 3
0. 6 Supplemental 3 1
0. 2 Total 4 6 7 Ceramic Grit-tempered Cord-marked 1
Plain l
Limestone-tempered Cord-marked 1 -
Total 3
1 Distal end of unifacial knife.
End and side scraper with perforator.
2End scraper on reworked Type 90.
3Unifacial proj ectile point :
small-medium ; short contracting stem bifurcated base; excurvate blade.
Arti fact Type No.
2 a 2d 3
4 5
6 7
8 9
1 0 1 1 16 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 3 1 2 5 2 8 4 3 6 2 8 0 8 8 114 1 3 8 1 4 4 1 4 8 Total 1 S ide 1 1 0 TABLE B. 1 5 SITE 4 0RE 1 0 9B ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Artifacts Recovered 1
1 2 5 8 3 4 1 9 8 2 1 0 5
1 7
2 1
1 2
3 2
2 3
1 1
1 1
1 8
3 1
2 6 2 scraper and ;3pokeshave.
o. 4 4, 6 2 2, 1 13. 0 7. 3 3 1. 3 3. 8 1. 9 0. 4 2. 7 0. 8 0. 4 0. 4 0. 8 1. 1 0. 8 0. 8 1. 1 o. 4 0. 4 0. 4 0. 4 o. 4 3. 1 1. 1 0. 4
Classification Lithic Ceramic Arti fact Type No.
1 2d 3
4 5
6 7
8 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 7 2 8 6 0 7 6 8 0 11 6 1 3 8 Total 111 TABLE B. 16 SITE 4 0RE 1 1 0 ARTI FACT ASSEMBLAGE Arti fact Arti facts Type No.
Recovered 7 8 1 4 6 Total Gr it-tempered Cord-marked TABLE B. 17 SITE 4 0RE111 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Art ifacts Recovered 1
5
- 3 6 23 1 5 6 0 3
3 1
1 2
2 2
1 1
1 1
6 1 6 4 1
1 -
2 1
0. 6 3. 0 2 2. 0 1 4. 0 9. 1 3 6. 6 1. 8 1. 8 0. 6 0. 6 l. 2 1. 2 1. 2 0. 6 0. 6 0. 6 0. 6 3. 6 5 0. 0 5 0. 0
Clas s i f ication Lithic Ceramic Arti fact Art ifacts Type No.
Recovered 2 a 2
2 c 1
2d 1 6 3
2 2 4
5 5
2 6
6 6 7
4 8
6 1 0 1 6 1 1 2 TABLE B, 1 8 SITE 4 0RE 1 2 5 ARTIFACT AS SEMBLAGE Artifact Type No.
3 6
2 8 Total Lime stone-tempered Cord-marked TABLE B. 1 9 SITE 4 0 RE 1 2 6 ARTIFACT AS 3EMBLAGE Artifact T:1pe No.
0. 8 1 4 0. 4 1 8 6. 6 2 3 1 9. 1 2 5 2. 1 2 6 O. 8 2 7 2 7. 2 2 8 1. 6 3 1 2. 5 4 3 6. 6 4 4 Arti facts Re covered 2
5 0. 0 1
2 5. 0 1
2 5. 0 4
3 Artifacts Recovered 2
0. 8 4
1. 6 1
0. 4 2
0. 8 1
0. 4 3
1. 2 4
l. 6 2
0. 4 3
1. 2 l
0. 4
113 TABLE B. 19--Continued Artifact Artifacts Artifact Artifacts Type No.
Recovered Type No.
Recovered 4 5 2
0. 8 101 l
0. 4 4 6 1
0. 4 109 1
0. 4 4 7 1
0. 4 112 1
0. 4 50 1
0. 4 114 1
0. 4 5 6 1
0. 4 1 1 5 1
0. 4 62 1
0. 4 116 6
2. 5 6 6 2
0. 8 1 2 2 2
0. 8 67 1
0. 4 1 2 3 3
1. 2 7 0 1
0. 4 124 2
0. 8 71 2
0. 8 1 2 5 3
1. 2 7 3 1
0. 4 1 2 9 1
0. 4 7 8 2
0. 8 13 1 1
0. 4 80 2
0. 8 1 3 8 1 3 5. 3 84 1
0. 4 13 9 ( 1 0 1 ) 2 1
0. 4 8 6 1
0. 4 1 49 1
0. 4 8 8 1
0. 4 1 5 4 2
0. 8 8 9 1
0. 4 15 9 1
0. 4 9 0 5
2. 1 1 6 0 1
0. 4 9 1 2
0. 8 Supplementa1 3 3
1. 2 96 1
o. 4 9 9 2
0. 8 Total 2 4 3 1 0 0 3
1. 2 1 Unifacial end scraper with stem formed bifacially at bulb of force.
2Bifacial end scraper on reworked Type 101.
3Proj ectile point/knife :
large ; slightly excurvate blade ; barbed; short expanded s tem; incurvate base; wide blade ; length--? ; width--3 9 mm; thickness--9 mm; stem length--10 mm.
Proj ectile point :
medium; excurvate, serrated blade ;
barbed ; broken base ; length-- 3 6 mm ; width--2 8 mm ; thick ness--9 mm.
Proj ectile point :
smal l-medium; wide, recurvate,
serrated blade ; short, rounded base ; length--27 mm; width--3 0 mm ; thickness--7 mm.
Artifact Type No.
2d 3
14 4 Total Arti f act Type No.
3 4
5 8
7 4 1 4 9 Total 1 1 4 TABLE B. 2 0 SITE 4 0 RE 1 2 7 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Arti facts Recovered 1
1 1
3 TABLE B. 2 1 SITE 4 0RE1 3 1 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Artifacts Recovered 1
4 1
1 1
1 9
3 3. 3 3 3. 3 3 3. 3 1 1. 1 4 4. 4 1 1. 1 1 1. 1 1 1. l 1 1. 1
Artifact Type No.
1 2d 3
4 5
6 7
8 1 0 1 1 1 5 1 8 Artifacts Recovered 1
8 6 7 37 2 2 3 8 1
5 5
2 l
1 1 1 5 TABLE B. 2 2 S ITE 4 0RE 1 3 2 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Arti fact Type No.
0. 5 1 9 3. 9 2 5 3 2. 8 27 1 8. l 2 8 1 0. 8 4 5 1 8. 6 7 4 0. 5 10 1 2. 5
. 13 8 2. 5 1 6 2 1. 0 0. 5 Total 0. 5 TABLE B. 2 3 SITE 4 0RE 1 3 3 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Artifact Artifacts Type No.
Recovered 2d C:..,
3 M..,
6 7
1 8 2
Total 19 Arti facts Recovered 2
1. 0 1
0. 5 3
1. 5 2
1. 0 1
0. 5 1
0. 5 1
0. 5 4
2. 0 1
0. 5 2 0 4 2 6. 3 26. 3 3 6. 8 1 0. 5
Arti fact Type No,
1 2d 3
4 6
8 1 9 2 3 1 2 5 6 2 7 8 1 4 1 Total 1 1 6 TABLE B, 2 4 S I TE 4 0RE134 ARTI FACT AS SEMBLAGE Arti f acts Recovered 2
3 1 1 1 4 16 2
l 1.,_
J_
l l
l 5 4 3. 7 5. 6 2 0. 4 2 5. 9 2 9. 6 3. 7 1. 9 1. 9 1. 9 1. 9 1. 9 l. 9 1 End and s ide s craper, spokeshave,
and graver.
Arti fact Type No,
107 TABLE B. 2 5 S I TE 4 0RE135 ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE Arti facts Recovered 1
1 0 0. 0
APPENDIX C CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA FOR OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE 117
( 2 )
( 2 )
( 2 )
120 H. E. Seagren J.
R.
Totter T. Shapiro (Y-12)
D. B. Trauger s. Siegel P. D. Tyrrell M. Siman Tov
( 2 )
G. u. Ulrickson 0. Sisman
- w. E. Unger M. J. Skinner P. R. Vanstrum (UCC-ND)
I. G. Speas R. Van Winkle
- w. M. Stanley J. R. Weir, Jr.
s. s. Stief (ORGDP)
J. C. White P. H. Stelson w.
H. Wilcox
- w. G. Stockdale M. K. Wilkinson J. F. Strickland (Y-12)
R. Wilkinson J. w. Strohecker (Y-12 )
R. A. Winkel (ORGDP )
E. G. Struxness E. J. Witkowski J. s. Suffern H. E. Zittel E. H. Taylor A. Zucker R. E. Thoma EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION William Bass, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knox-ville, Tennessee Merle Byrd, UT-AEC, CARL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee J. D. Cape, Technical Information Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Jefferson Chapman, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee (2)
Stephen Cooper, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee J. J. Davis, Directorate of Regulatory Standards, U. S. Atomic Energy Conunission, Washington, D. C.
B. Dixon, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tennessee V. S. Emler, Goodyear Atomic Corporation, P. O. Box 628, Piketon,
Ohio 45661 C. H. Faulkner, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knox ville, Tennessee (2 )
Richard Faust, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knox ville, Tennessee (15)
George Fielder, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knox-ville, Tennessee F. A. Gartrel l, Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, Tennessee F. A. Gifford, NOAA, Oak Ridge, Tennessee I. T. Glover, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee A. K. Guthe, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tennessee T.
H. Hardin, U. S. Atomic Energy Conuuission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee B. Harrington, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knox ville, Tennessee (2)
Victor Hood, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knox ville, Tennessee
( 2 )
( 2 )
121 R. Srantz, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
E.
E.
J.
R.
J.
T.
M.
D.
P.
A.
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R.
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N.
Tennessee B. Kiser, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee A. Kraemer, Rust Engineering Company, Oak Ridge, Tennessee A. Lenhard, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee C. Lipman, Rust Engineering Company, Oak Ridge, Tennessee L. Liverman, Office of the Manager, U. S. Atomic Energy Comrnission, Washington, D. C.
W. Martin, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee C. R. Mccollough, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee Muller, Directorate of Licensing, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission,
Washington, D.C.
Parmalee, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knox ville, Tennessee F. Pennak, National Lead Company of Ohio, P. O. Box 39158, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45239 H. Pennington, Division of Biomedical Environmental Research, U. S.
Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C.
P. Polhemus, Dept. o f Anthropology, University o f Tennessee, Knox-ville, Tennessee G. Pollard, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Range, U. S. Atomic Energy Conunission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee F. Riedl, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tennessee Donald Robie, UT-AEC, CARL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee I. c. Roberts, Directorate of Regulatory Standards, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C.
L. R. Rogers, Directorate of Regulatory Standards, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C,
(10)
J. w. Ruch, Oak Ridge Historical Society, Oak Ridge, Tennessee G. F. Schroedl, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knox ville, Tennessee D. D. Sheahan, Rust Engineering Company, Oak Ridge, Tennessee R. Sprague, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tennessee P. M. Thomas, Dept. of Anthropol.cgy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tennessee W. H. Travis, U. S. Atomic Energy Conunission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Peter S. Van Nort, General Manager, Project Management Corp., P.O.
Box 767, Chicago, Illinois H. E. Walburg, UT-AEC, CARL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee M. Wardell, Catalytic Construction Co., Oak Ridge, Tennessee J. F. Wing, U. S. Atomic Energy Conunission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee C. L. Yarbro, Jr., U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (2)
Department of Anthropology, Library, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tennessee Museum of Atomic Energy Conunission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (4 )
Oak Ridge Public Library, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (2)
Technical Information Center, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge,
1'ennessee