In 2014, the TCPA re-launched Tennessee Archaeology Awareness Month with a series of programs, including the “30 Days of Tennessee Archaeology” blogfest. For the month of September, TCPA members and friends of the organization provided daily guest blog posts highlighting archaeological work throughout the state. We’ve compiled those posts in a handy index below. Our thanks goes out once again to all the contributors who shared their archaeological expertise and experiences for this project. Enjoy!
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Welcome to the Blogfest! Tanya M. Peres President, Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology |
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Tennessee’s Stone Resources and Prehistoric Behavior Ryan M. Parish, PhD Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis |
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Archaeology and Tennessee History Carroll Van West, PhD Director, MTSU Center for Historic Preservation, Tennessee State Historian |
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Garfish – It’s NOT What’s for Dinner! Aaron Deter-Wolf (Tennessee Division of Archaeology) and Tanya M. Peres (Middle Tennessee State University) |
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TDOT Archaeology: Balancing Past and Present Phillip Hodge Tennessee Department of Transportation |
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Paleoindian Pioneers of the Upper Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee Jay Franklin East Tennessee State University |
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Shake it like a Turtle Shell Rattle Andrew Brown University of North Texas |
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The First Tennesseans: Coats-Hines Site Jesse Tune Texas A&M University |
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Big Ideas at the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa Robert Connolly C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa |
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The Ancient Native American Blowgun in the Southeast Tracy C. Brown Archaeology in Tennessee Blog |
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Who was Buried at Grassmere Plantation? Shannon Chappell Hodge Middle Tennessee State University |
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An Archaeology of Sunday in Black and White Phillip Hodge Pickett Chapel Community Archaeological Project |
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A Visit to Mound Bottom Aaron Deter-Wolf Tennessee Division of Archaeology |
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The 2014 Tennessee Archaeology Awareness Month Poster! Tanya M. Peres President, Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology |
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Magnolia Valley Field School Jesse Tune Texas A&M University |
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All about that LiDAR Zada Law Fullerton Laboratory for Spatial Technology, Middle Tennessee State University |
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Advice from the Trenches-Literally: Learning and Networking Opportunities in Tennessee Nathan Allison |
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Excavation of a Mid-Nineteenth Century Cemetery at the Nashville Zoo Larry McKee and Hannah Guidry TRC Environmental Corporation |
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State Archaeology 101 Sarah Levithol Tennessee Division of Archaeology |
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Early Domestic Dogs in Tennessee Meagan E. Dennison University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
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Archaeological Survey of Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee Ben Nance Tennessee Division of Archaeology |
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Dig and Dine: Introducing the Rutherford County Archaeological Research Program to the community Laura Fyock Bartel |
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The Pinson Environment and Archaeology Regional Landscape (PEARL) Project Begins with Non-invasive Technology Alice P. Wright (Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University) and Sarah C. Sherwood (Sewanee Environmental Institute, The University of the South) |
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Archaeology of the Mississippian Pile Mound Site, Upper Cumberland Plateau Jay Franklin East Tennessee State University |
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The French Lick Site at Sulphur Dell: An Example of Urban Archaeology in Nashville Hannah Guidry TRC Environmental Corporation |
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Archaeology in Middle Tennessee in the 1960s and 70s John T. Dowd |
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The 1993 Rutherford-Kizer Mound Site Excavations Michael C. Moore State Archaeologist and Director, Tennessee Division of Archaeology |
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Teaching Near-Surface Geophysics at the Magnolia Valley Field School Timothy S. de Smet Texas A&M University |
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Archaeological Research at the Perry House Site in Knox County, Tennessee Paul Avery Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. |
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Archaeological Survey of Big South Fork Mark M. Crawford III Williamson County Archaeological Society |
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30 Days of Tennessee Archaeology 2014 – the Day After Tanya M. Peres Middle Tennessee State University |
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