. Bulletin. Ethnology. Webb] ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WHEELER BASIN 81 than the normal creek level, but in times of high water the lower portions of this bank were subject to inundation. On this bank an accumulation of village midden rose above the flood plain. It was about 3 feet deep at the deepest point near the center, and gradually decreased in thickness to the edges. At the time of excavation the visible extent of this deposit was an elongated elliptical area approximately 1,200 feet long and 360 feet The soil was fertile and the land had long been in cultivation. The contemp
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Webb] ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WHEELER BASIN 81 than the normal creek level, but in times of high water the lower portions of this bank were subject to inundation. On this bank an accumulation of village midden rose above the flood plain. It was about 3 feet deep at the deepest point near the center, and gradually decreased in thickness to the edges. At the time of excavation the visible extent of this deposit was an elongated elliptical area approximately 1,200 feet long and 360 feet The soil was fertile and the land had long been in cultivation. The contemplated rise in the Tennessee River, due to the construction of "Wheeler Dam, will completely inundate the site by back water from Flint /%J%%^^^5^ y///////// ^^^p 4 o ^S^'' B 3 "13 34° ISo o« o2 20° o^JO 21° °^ m i 140 '/////////. ^^^ 'mm. Mg^ 2 horizontal placement SCALE 2520151050 25 Figure 18. Work was first begun on the south end of this village site early in March 1934. The site was surveyed and laid out in 5-foot squares and a number of test pits were put down to determine the boundary of the midden deposit. Due to the very sudden and phenomenal rise in the Tennessee River at that time, the site was flooded. This destroyed the stake system, washed out the test pits and trenches, and necessitated the abandonment of the work at that immediate spot. A new survey was later made and a trench system laid off in 5-foot blocks, some 430 feet north of the first excavation. It was expected that work would be resumed in the abandoned trenches as soon ls the flood situation permitted. For this reason the northern system was laid out so as to tie in with the southern system; to be- come, in fact, a noncontiguous part of the southern system. The plan of staked system is shown in figure 18. The area excavated is in-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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