Presents archaeology addressing all periods in the Native Southeast as a tribute to the career of Jefferson Chapman. Written by Chapman's colleagues and former students, the chapters add to our current understanding of early native southeastern peoples as well as Chapman's original work and legacy to the field of archaeology.

"This book presents archaeological research from the Early and Middle Archaic in the Southeast in part as a tribute to the career of Jefferson Chapman, longtime director of the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture on the Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee. With essays written by many of Chapman's former students, each essay probes a site critical to our understanding of ancient southeastern peoples as well as Chapman's original work at Tellico and his legacy to the field of archaeology"--