Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey and Salvage Excavation in the Salt Lick Recreation Area

摘要

An archaeological reconnaissance and survey of the Salt Lick Recreational Area, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project adjacent to the Cordell Hull Reservoir/Cumberland River in Jackson County, (north central) Tennessee, has documented nine prehistoric sites manifesting occupation from the Paleo-Indian to Mississippian periods. Of these sites, two (40JK3-A and 40JK33) yielded evidence of potentially significant Woodland period occupation in the form of fire pits, limestone tempered plain and cord marked ceramics, a circular house pattern, diagnostic projectile points, faunal and floral remains, amd C-14 dates ranging from 30 B.C. (UGA-1632) to 745 A.D. (GX-4860); it is recommended each of these sites be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. Additional survey work will be required on two other sites (40JK37 and 40JK38) to determine their eligibility for inclusion on the Register because of their potentially significant Mississippian and Paleo-Indian Early Archaic components, respectively. (Author)