essay

Distribution of eighteenth-century Cherokee settlements

Cherokee Indian nation :a troubled historyKnoxvillePublished In 1979 • Pages: 46-60

By: Smith, Betty Anderson.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is the summary analysis of twenty-two eighteenth century maps and documents giving names and descriptions of Cherokee towns. A comprehensive table correlating the names of towns found in the various maps and documents will be found in this study.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Maps
Place names
Historical and archival research
History
Settlement patterns
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Cherokee
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Delores Walters ; 1988: John Beierle ; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1700-1781
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
southeastern states and Oklahoma, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Betty Anderson Smith
Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
78013222
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Cherokee Indians