The Big Sandy Site, Henry County, Tennessee

Author

Douglas Osborne

Publication Date

5-6-1942

Abstract

As the large program of archaeologic exploration undertaken by the University of Tennessee and affiliated government agencies expanded it became apparent that the original system of excavating a basin completely and then, and only then, of publishing a complete report was somewhat slow and unwieldy. This is more than ever true insofar as the Kentucky Basin is concerned. When one considers that the dam at Gilbertsville, Kentuoky, will back water to the Pickwick dam some 180 miles upstream, it becomes obvious that an adequate descriptive compilation of the archaeology of such an unusual area would be most difficult. Therefore it was decided to describe important sites or more or less discrete areas in separate publications and later to draw the whole together in one final synoptical work. This monograph is to be the first of the series of separate reports. It is offered, first as a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements tor the degree of Master of Arts in anthropology at the University of New Mexico, where the writer received his undergraduate training, and will later be published by the University of Tennessee.

Keywords

Big Sandy Site

Project Sponsors

Tennessee Valley Authority, University of Tennessee

Document Type

Thesis

Language

English

Degree Name

Anthropology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Anthropology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Donald Dilworth Brand

Second Committee Member

Stuart Alvord Northrop

Third Committee Member

Florence May Hawley

Recommended Citation

Osborne, Douglas. "The Big Sandy Site, Henry County, Tennessee." (1942). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/anth_etds/133