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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.


A Visitor's Guide To Chucalissa Jan 2023

A Visitor's Guide To Chucalissa

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This was a visitor's guide for the site of Chucalissa produced by the private non-profit organization the Friends of Chucalissa.


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.


Examining Pollution And Forest Health: An Application Of Lichens As Bioindicators And Sentinal-5p Tropomi In Urban State Parks In Shelby County, Megan V. Farrell Aug 2022

Examining Pollution And Forest Health: An Application Of Lichens As Bioindicators And Sentinal-5p Tropomi In Urban State Parks In Shelby County, Megan V. Farrell

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This is a 51 page study on air pollution in urban areas by comparing the amounts of epiphytic lichen present at both T.O Fuller Park and Shelby Forest. This study shows the use of monitoring such environmental impacts.


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.


On The Voice: Seven Essentials For Developing Voices In Choir: Part 1., Francis Cathlina Jun 2021

On The Voice: Seven Essentials For Developing Voices In Choir: Part 1., Francis Cathlina

Faculty Publications

The article discusses seven essentials for developing voice quality while singing in a choral ensemble. Topics discussed include choral warm-up as one of the greatest tools to develop voices; hearing a cacophony of vocal sounds, especially when warming up more advanced singers; opening moments of rehearsal as an opportunity for group voice building or group vocal technique.


Autographic And Allographic Imitation: Revisiting Counterfeit In Linguistic And Musical Arts, Jeremy Orosz Apr 2019

Autographic And Allographic Imitation: Revisiting Counterfeit In Linguistic And Musical Arts, Jeremy Orosz

Faculty Publications

Imitation within sonic arts, linguistic, musical, or otherwise, broadly defined, is a heterogeneous set of practices ranging from comical impersonation to outright counterfeit or forgery. This paper provides a taxonomy of imitation and mimicry within both language and music, dividing each into two respective categories, autographic imitation and allographic imitation, the terms for which are repurposed from Nelson Goodman’s Languages of Art.


Spatial Analysis Of Unit 6 At The Chucalissa Site: Evaluating The Late Mississippian Period Main Residential Area, Thomas Gates Jan 2019

Spatial Analysis Of Unit 6 At The Chucalissa Site: Evaluating The Late Mississippian Period Main Residential Area, Thomas Gates

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This report is a 216 page thesis that presents a spatial analysis of the main residential area at the Prehistoric Mississippian excavation site Chucalissa, located in Southern Tennessee. The focus is on Unit 6, house 10, excavated during 1940-1987 and led by Charles Nash. Through this analysis, the thesis broadens our knowledge and understanding of the dynamics within the cultures of the middle and late Mississippian societies of the Central Mississippi River Valley.


Annotated Bibliography Of Chucalissa Publications, Chucalissa Museum Jan 2017

Annotated Bibliography Of Chucalissa Publications, Chucalissa Museum

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Listed in this annotated bibliography are all of the thesis publications listed in the Chucalissa Documents Gallery.


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.


December 1994 Dec 1994

December 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

The December 1994 issue featured Calvin Newborn, Herman Green, and Bubba Feathers.


November 1994 Nov 1994

November 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

The November 1994 issue featured Big Ass Truck and Blind Mississippi Morris


October 1994 Oct 1994

October 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

The October 1994 issue featured Todd Snider, Jerry Hayes, and Brody Buster.


September 1994 Sep 1994

September 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

The September 1994 issue featured Funkahawlikz.


August 1994 Aug 1994

August 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

The August 1994 issue featured Dan Penn and an article about the day Elvis met President Nixon.


July 1994 Jul 1994

July 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

The July 1994 issue featured Little Jimmy King, Preston Shannon, and Impala.


June 1994 Jun 1994

June 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

The June 1994 issue featured an article about Memphis musicians who had moved to Nashville.


May 1994 May 1994

May 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

The May 1994 issue featured the Mother Station.


April 1994 Apr 1994

April 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Vol. III, no. 11 previewed the Crossroads 1994 music festival.


March 1994 Mar 1994

March 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Vol. III, no. 10 focused on the hard rock and rap scenes in Memphis (e.g., Al Kapone and Son of Slam), as well as a spotlight on FreeWorld.


February 1994 Feb 1994

February 1994

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Vol. III, no. 9 featured post-Phineas Newborn Memphis pianists—Donald Brown, James Williams, Harold Mabern, and Mulgrew Miller—and guitarist Little Jimmy King.