Hiwassee Island, Tennessee

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hiwassee_Island,_Tennessee
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1975
gptkbp:area approximately 400 acres
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mississippian_culture
gptkb:Cherokee_people
gptkbp:contains burial mounds
shell-tempered pottery
ceramic artifacts
village remains
gptkbp:excavatedBy 1937-1939
Madeline Kneberg
Thomas M.N. Lewis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hiwassee Island, Tennessee
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Meigs_County,_Tennessee
gptkbp:locatedOnRiver gptkb:Tennessee_River
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Dayton,_Tennessee
gptkbp:notableSite multi-component archaeological site
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 75001774
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Tennessee_Valley_Authority
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Chickamauga_Lake
gptkbp:periodsOfOccupation gptkb:Mississippian_period
gptkb:Archaic_period
gptkb:Woodland_period
Historic Cherokee period
gptkbp:significance gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:hunting
farming
fishing
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Hiwassee_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7