TTEENNNNEESSSSEEEE AARRCCHHAAEEOOLLOOGGYY Volume 6 Summu er 2012 Numbers 1-2 EDITORIAL COORDINATORS Michael C. Moore Tennessee Division of Archaeology TTEENNNNEESSSSEEEE AARRCCHHAAEEOOLLOOGGYY Kevin E. Smith Middle Tennessee State University VOLUME 6 Summer 2012 NUMBERS 1-2 EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1 EDITORS CORNER Paul Avery Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. 5 Recent Research in the Middle Cumberland River Valley: Introduction to the Special Volume Jared Barrett AARON DETER-WOLF AND TANYA M. PERES TRC Inc. 18 A Flood of Looters: Endangered Mississippian Patrick Cummins Resources along the Middle Cumberland River Native History Association DANNY GREGORY Jay Franklin 31 A Preliminary Report on the Sanders #1 Site East Tennessee State University (40CH193), Cheatham County, Tennessee D. SHANE MILLER, JOHN B. BROSTER, GARY L. BARKER, Phillip Hodge DAVID G. ANDERSON, AND STEPHEN B. CARMODY Tennessee Department of Transportation 40 Zooarchaeological Analysis of a Multicomponent Kandi Hollenbach Shell-Bearing Site in Davidson County, Tennessee University of Tennessee TANYA M. PERES, AARON DETER-WOLF, AND GAGE A. MYERS Zada Law 53 Radiocarbon Dates from Three Sites along the Middle Middle Tennessee State University Cumberland River near Nashville Tanya M. Peres D. SHANE MILLER, DAVID G. ANDERSON, THADDEUS G. Middle Tennessee State University BISSETT, AND STEPHEN B. CARMODY 73 The Harpeth Shoals Marina Site (40CH195): A Sarah Sherwood University of the South Terminal Archaic Fire-Cracked Rock Complex on the Cumberland River, Cheatham County, Tennessee Lynne Sullivan MARC E. WAMPLER AND LARRY MCKEE Frank H. McClung Museum 95 Cockrills Bend Site 17C: A Reprint from the SIAS Tennessee Archaeology is published Journal 1972 JOHN T. DOWD AND JOHN B. BROSTER semi-annually in electronic print format by the Tennessee Council for 105 Changing Interpretations of Sandbar Village (40DV36): Professional Archaeology. Mississippian Hamlet, Village or Mound Center? KEVIN E. SMITH AND MICHAEL C. MOORE Correspondence about manuscripts for the journal should be addressed to 139 Skeletal Evidence of Aquatic Activities from a Middle Michael C. Moore, Tennessee Division Cumberland Mississippian Site in Davidson County, of Archaeology, Cole Building #3, 1216 Tennessee Foster Avenue, Nashville TN 37243. COURTNEY L. COX The Tennessee Council for Professional 149 Mississippian Ceramics and Settlement Complexity: Archaeology disclaims responsibility for Insights from the Beasley Mounds (40SM43), Smith statements, whether fact or of opinion, County, Tennessee made by contributors. EMILY L. BEAHM AND KEVIN E. SMITH 164 Discovery and Early Investigations of the Dover Quarries by Parmenio E. Cox and Warren K. Moorehead, 1926-1932 KEVIN E. SMITH On the Cover: The Heart of the Middle Cumberland River with Nashville in the Background (Courtesy, Aaron Deter-Wolf and Tanya M. Peres) EDITORS CORNER We are pleased to devote the sixth volume of Tennessee Archaeology to a special double issue highlighting current research along the Cumberland River -- guest-edited by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Tanya M. Peres (both regular contributors to the journal). We thank Aaron and Tanya for their efforts, as we turned over most of that work to them to gather, edit, and forward the volume to us. We completed additional review and technical editing of submitted papers as seemed necessary and appropriate, as well as making formatting decisions. However, we acknowledge that the bulk of the work in assembling this volume should be attributed to Aaron and Tanya. This volume would not be in your hands today without their efforts. A volume devoted to research along the Cumberland River is also an appropriate place for us to highlight recent recognition of John T. Dowd of Nashville by the Society for American Archaeology. John is the most widely known and respected avocational archaeologist in Tennessee with a career spanning from the 1960s through today. His name and reputation are well known by professional archaeologists throughout the interior southeastern United States and recognized nationally because of his publications on Middle Archaic and Mississippian sites along the Cumberland River. We were pleased to be among those who nominated John for the prestigious Crabtree Award -- presented annually by the Society for American Archaeology to an outstanding avocational archaeologist who has “made significant contributions to advance understandings of local, regional, or national archaeology through excavation, research, publications, site or collections preservation, collaboration with the professional community and/or public outreach.” After due consideration by the Crabtree Award Committee and Board, John was presented the Crabtree Award at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology on April 20 in Memphis, Tennessee. John's primary occupation was as an expeditor with Western Electric, a branch of AT&T. When AT&T was broken up in 1985, John was offered FIGURE 1. Dr. Jeffrey Altschul, President Elect of the the choice of transferring to Atlanta or Society for American Archaeology presents the 2012 taking early retirement. He elected to Crabtree Award to John Dowd. Photograph, Kevin E. retire at the age of 53, allowing him to Smith. be even more active in supporting 1 Tennessee Archaeology 6(1-2) Summer 2012 professional archaeology and vocational organizations over the next 25+ years. While having no professional training in archaeology, John spent most of his life developing skills and encouraging other vocational archaeologists to thoroughly document their work. The majority of projects conducted under John's direction were salvage projects on sites (or portions of sites) threatened by destruction. One striking fact that underlines John's professionalism is his dedication to ensuring that the results of his fieldwork were published. He continues those efforts today with two recent publications in previous issues of this journal, a reprint of a FIGURE 2. John T. Dowd at work at Sandbar Village, co-authored article in the volume at Cockrill Bend, 1969. hand, and another forthcoming. Not surprisingly, well over half of the articles in this volume cite one or more works published by John. In addition to countless programs on local archaeology for K-12 school groups, he has shared his personal research and knowledge in presentations at Aquinas College, Belmont College, Middle Tennessee State University, the Tennessee State Museum, the University of Tennessee, and Vanderbilt University (along with various civic clubs). He also regularly gave presentations at the annual meetings of the Tennessee Archaeological Society (TAS), and a lengthy list of presentations to TAS chapters across the state, the Middle Cumberland Archaeological Society, the Jackson Archaeological Society, the Old Stone Fort Archaeological Society, and reported his work on stone-box graves to the Southeastern Archaeological Conference. Over the course of his career, John has served as an officer for many vocational and professional archaeological organizations, including: President, Rutherford County Chapter of the Tennessee Archaeological Society (1970-71); Vice President of the TAS (1971, 1973, 1974); founder (1976), editor (1976-77, 1980-82; 1987-90) and president (1979-82; 1987-90) for the Middle Cumberland Archaeological Society, and a board member of the Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology (1999-2000). Prior recognitions of his service to archaeology include receiving the first Outstanding Member Award (1971) from the Tennessee Archaeological Society and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Avocational Archaeology (1999) from the Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology. We have both known John for over 25 years. He has worked with us collectively and separately as a volunteer on many salvage archaeological projects over the course of that time. He has also co-authored several professional publications with both of us. For 2 Editors Corner an avocational archaeologist, John's list of publications is extraordinary and reflects a breadth of experience with the archaeology of the Middle Cumberland area that is unmatched even by most professional archaeologists in the region. John has always been willing to provide access to his notes, photographs, and artifacts for any professional or student interested in examining them. More recently, John has ensured long- term access to his significant project notes and collections for over one hundred Middle Tennessee sites by transferring them for curation to the Tennessee Division of Archaeology and the Frank H. McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee. John’s efforts at public outreach are also among the most widely respected in the state -- he has served as an active member, contributor, and officer for many of the significant archaeological organizations in Middle Tennessee. Over his entire career as FIGURE 3. Selected images from John's “Shell an avocational archaeologist, John Tempered Pottery” slide show illustrating his “public has stressed the importance of friendly” approach to education. keeping records, preserving sites when possible, salvaging information when preservation was not an option, and actively promoting positive relationships between the professional and amateur communities. In 1971, Dr. Charles Faulkner of the Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee was coordinating creation of a centralized official site survey file for the State of Tennessee. Well aware of John's extensive experience, Dr. Faulkner contacted