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A Brief History Of Chucalissa Jan 2023

A Brief History Of Chucalissa

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This is a brief timeline regarding events related to the Mississippian period site of Chucalissa, located in T.O. Fuller State Park.


Midden Materials Stored In The Memphis Museum, Kenneth L. Beaudoin Jan 2023

Midden Materials Stored In The Memphis Museum, Kenneth L. Beaudoin

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This is a list of various artifacts recovered from the site of Chucalissa that went on to storage at the Memphis museum presumably in the 1960s.


Radiometric Assays Of The Chucalissa Mound Summit Jan 2023

Radiometric Assays Of The Chucalissa Mound Summit

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A copy of a power point detailing radiometric research performed on the platform mound during the early 2000's.


Chucalissa: Past And Present Jan 2023

Chucalissa: Past And Present

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This text briefly explores the site of Chucalissa, considering its occupation by native peoples in the past and the more recent excavations and current museum.


Dr Stuart Cox: Memories Of 5bfts And The Raf During Ww2, Jenifer A. Harding Nov 2022

Dr Stuart Cox: Memories Of 5bfts And The Raf During Ww2, Jenifer A. Harding

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Dr Stuart James Cox was born on April 1, 1923, and ‘handed in his logbook’ on October 16, 2016. He was a member of Course 11, 5BFTS at Clewiston from September 25, 1942, to April 8, 1943.

After Clewiston, Stuart was posted to several airfields in the UK, one being Barrow in Furness where he met and married Eithne Forman, a Wren, in August 1944. Their son Robert (Bob) was born in December 1945 and their daughter, Amanda (Mandi), in 1950.

He qualified as a doctor in 1953 and became a GP in Gillingham, Kent, until retiring in 1980.

He …


Teaching Buried History: Connecting Teachers And Cemeteries, Jeffrey Smith Jul 2022

Teaching Buried History: Connecting Teachers And Cemeteries, Jeffrey Smith

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An article discussing how to use cemeteries as a means of teaching history to students.


Dr Stuart Cox: Obituary, Jenifer A. Harding Jan 2022

Dr Stuart Cox: Obituary, Jenifer A. Harding

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Dr Stuart Cox was a Life Member of the Medway Yacht Club in Kent. He was Commodore 1975-1976. This obituary was written by the Medway and Swale Boating Association after his death in October 2016.


The C. H. Nash Museum At Chucalissa: Community Engagement At An Archaeological Site, Robert P. Connolly, Samantha E. Gibbs, Mallory L. Bader Jan 2022

The C. H. Nash Museum At Chucalissa: Community Engagement At An Archaeological Site, Robert P. Connolly, Samantha E. Gibbs, Mallory L. Bader

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This article highlights outreach programs launched by the C. H. Nash Museum to encourage engagement with members of local African-American communities.


From D.C. To Kentucky: The History Of The United States Senate Clerk's Desk, Olivia Bowers Mar 2020

From D.C. To Kentucky: The History Of The United States Senate Clerk's Desk, Olivia Bowers

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This Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience aims to highlight the importance of the historical object and accurately document the complete history of the former United States Senate Clerk’s Desk, placed in the chamber in 1859 and removed in 1951. The desk’s first and last occupants were Kentucky natives and civil servants, and its current resting place is in Western Kentucky University’s Kentucky Museum. Through research that began in the nation’s capital, and a journey to follow the desk’s paper trail, the object’s massive historical legacy and close ties to the state of Kentucky may live on. Along with a traditional …


Cast Of Characters, Olivia Renee Bowers Mar 2020

Cast Of Characters, Olivia Renee Bowers

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No abstract provided.


A Desk's Tale, Olivia Bowers Mar 2020

A Desk's Tale, Olivia Bowers

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No abstract provided.


A Visual Analysis Of The U.S. Senate Clerk's Desk, Olivia Renee Bowers Mar 2020

A Visual Analysis Of The U.S. Senate Clerk's Desk, Olivia Renee Bowers

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Co-Creation As A Twenty-First Century Archaeology Museum, Robert Connolly Jan 2015

Co-Creation As A Twenty-First Century Archaeology Museum, Robert Connolly

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This article evaluates how the C. H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa has attempted to overcome various obstacles in the last decade; most notably proper curation as well as becoming a modern viable and socially relevant institution in the face of various issues like understaffing.


From Actors To Directors: New Voices At The C. H. Nash Museum At Chucalissa, Robert Connelly Jan 2011

From Actors To Directors: New Voices At The C. H. Nash Museum At Chucalissa, Robert Connelly

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This article focuses on the changing voices of descendent communities at the C. H. Nash Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.


Volunteers And Collections As Viewed From The Museum Mission Statement, Robert P. Connolly, Natalye B. Tate Jan 2011

Volunteers And Collections As Viewed From The Museum Mission Statement, Robert P. Connolly, Natalye B. Tate

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This article explores the volunteer program employed at the C. H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa which sees volunteers take a more active role in collections curation.


Interview With John Hesse, Ron C. Brister Jan 2005

Interview With John Hesse, Ron C. Brister

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This is the transcript of a 2005 interview of John Hesse conducted by Rob Brister.


A Guided Tour Of Chucalissa Archaeology, Paul D. Bundy, Jay Gray Jul 2002

A Guided Tour Of Chucalissa Archaeology, Paul D. Bundy, Jay Gray

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This document explores both the history of the Chucalissa site as well as the 59 years of excavations that took place at the mounds.


A Guided Tour Of Chucalissa Archaeology, Paul D. Bundy, Jay Gray Jul 2002

A Guided Tour Of Chucalissa Archaeology, Paul D. Bundy, Jay Gray

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This document was created following the 2002 Mid-South Archaeological Conference. It charts the history of the excavations at Chucalissa, as well as a reconstructed history of the site using archaeological evidence.


Chucalissa And Moundville: A Comparison, M. E. Wilkins May 2001

Chucalissa And Moundville: A Comparison, M. E. Wilkins

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This paper compares the site of Chucalissa to the site of Moundville using various qualitative and quantitative criteria.


Ceramic Data: Chucalissa Site (40sy1), 1987-1995, Mitchell R. Childress Jan 1996

Ceramic Data: Chucalissa Site (40sy1), 1987-1995, Mitchell R. Childress

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This document contains illustrations made in 1988 and 1989 of engraved sherds discovered at the Chucalissa Site.


History Of The Department Of Theology (Under-Graduate), John G. Leies Sm Jan 1994

History Of The Department Of Theology (Under-Graduate), John G. Leies Sm

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Mortuary Vessels And Comparative Ceramic Analysis: An Example From The Chucalissa Site, Mitchell R. Childress Jan 1992

Mortuary Vessels And Comparative Ceramic Analysis: An Example From The Chucalissa Site, Mitchell R. Childress

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This paper summarizes the results of descriptive, analytical, and comparative research conducted on an assemblage of 154 late prehistoric ceramic vessels from the site of Chucalissa.


Unit 4 Mound Excavations At The Chucalissa Site, 1960-1967, Mitchell R. Childress, Camille Wharey Jan 1990

Unit 4 Mound Excavations At The Chucalissa Site, 1960-1967, Mitchell R. Childress, Camille Wharey

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This conference proceeding provides descriptions and interpretations of some of the structural, artefactual, and skeletal evidence discovered by Charles Nash's team during the excavations from 1960 to 1967. Special focus is paid towards interpretations of chronology, as well as the differential mound utilization and mortuary ceremonialism associated with the latest Mississippian phase of the site.


Correspondence About Chucalissa Corn, Gerald P. Smith, Leonard W. Blake Oct 1968

Correspondence About Chucalissa Corn, Gerald P. Smith, Leonard W. Blake

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A series of letters from the late 1960s regarding research performed on corn samples taken in excavation at Chucalissa.


A Study Of The Physical Height Of The Chucalissa Population, Lou Adair, Judy Boucher Jul 1965

A Study Of The Physical Height Of The Chucalissa Population, Lou Adair, Judy Boucher

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This is a study of 77 adult skeletons discovered at Chucalissa by 1965, the goal being to determine the average height of both males and females from the site.


T. O. Fuller State Park, Bevley R. Coleman Aug 1963

T. O. Fuller State Park, Bevley R. Coleman

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This chapter examines the history of T. O. Fuller State Park. This includes some treatment of the excavations performed at Chucalissa, as well as previous iterations of the current museum.


An Adventure Into The Prehistory Of The Memphis Area, Kenneth L. Beaudoin Dec 1954

An Adventure Into The Prehistory Of The Memphis Area, Kenneth L. Beaudoin

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This article explores the prehistory of Shelby County and the Memphis area prior to the coming of Hernando De Soto in 1542.


Maine Chance Farm Advertisement From The Vassar Chronicle, Elizabeth Arden May 1952

Maine Chance Farm Advertisement From The Vassar Chronicle, Elizabeth Arden

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Advertisement for Maine Chance Farm on page 6 of The Vassar Chronicle from May 24, 1952, titled: For College Girls your own beauty-and-fun Vacation at MAINE CHANCE


Maine Chance Farm Advertisement From The Vassar Chronicle, The Vassar Chronicle May 1951

Maine Chance Farm Advertisement From The Vassar Chronicle, The Vassar Chronicle

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Advertisement for Maine Chance Farm on page 10 of The Vassar Chronicle from May 26, 1951, titled: For College Girls... Your own... be-beautiful vacation! MAINE CHANCE