Berghahn Books Chapter Title: Collaborative Archaeology as a Tool for Preserving Sacred Sites in the Cherokee Heartland Chapter Author(s): Benjamin A. Steere Book Title: Indigeneity and the Sacred Book Subtitle: Indigenous Revival and the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites in the Americas Book Editor(s): Fausto Sarmiento, Sarah Hitchner Published by: Berghahn Books. (2019) Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvw04ck0.16 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms Berghahn Books is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Indigeneity and the Sacred This content downloaded from 152.46.28.205 on Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:44:06 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Chapter 8 Collaborative Archaeology as a Tool for Preserving Sacred Sites in the Cherokee Heartland Benjamin A. Steere Introduction Archaeology has the potential to play an important role in the preserva- tion of sacred sites in North America. In certain cases, locations that are thought to be sacred by Native American communities can be identifi ed using archaeological methods. This is true for many sites considered sa- cred by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina.