{"product_id":"tellico-archaeology-12000-years-native-american-history-9780870498718","title":"Tellico Archaeology: 12000 Years Native American History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an updated edition of Jefferson Chapmans 1985 account of one of the most productive and significant research efforts in the eastern United States. For fourteen years (19671981)  archaeologists from the University of Tennessee conducted excavations and surveys in the Little Tennessee River Valley  which was being inundated by the TVAs creation of the Tellico Reservoir. The project produced a wealth of new information about more than 12 000 years of Native American history in the region.  This revision retains the full text and illustrations of the original edition  with its compelling descriptions of ancient ways of life and the archaeological detective work that was done to obtain that knowledge. The new material  contained in a postscript  summarizes the discoveries  research methods  and other developments that have  over the past ten years  further enhanced our knowledge of the Native Americans who occupied the area. Included  for example  are details about some fascinating new techniques for dating human remains  as well as discussions of burial practices  native crops  new archaeological laws  and the \"Bat Creek Stone \" a controversial artifact that  according to some claims  gives evidence of migrations of Mediterranean peoples to the New World during Roman times.  The Author: Jefferson Chapman is director of the Frank H. McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee  Knoxville  and a research associate professor in the department of anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887363354677,"sku":"ByrdShop_0870498711","price":241.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780870498718.jpg?v=1784757035","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tellico-archaeology-12000-years-native-american-history-9780870498718","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}