SPECIAL ONE-DAY EXHIBIT OF UNIQUE TENNESSEE ARTIFACTS ON DISPLAY AT
OLD STONE FORT STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
ARCHAEOSKILLS CELEBRATION FEATURES 3 DAYS OF DEMONSTRATIONS
FRI.–SUN., SEPT. 22-24
Nashville, Tenn. – A very special one-day exhibit of unique Tennessee artifacts will be on display at the Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park museum in Manchester, Tenn., on Saturday, September 23. The display will include the greatest number of pieces from the Duck River Flintknapping Cache ever to be displayed away from their permanent home at the McClung Museum in Knoxville. The cache is thought by many to be the greatest archaeological find in Tennessee.
The Duck River Cache was found on the Link Farm site near the mouth of the Duck River in 1894. The stone artifacts are some of the best examples of flintknapping in the world. Flintknapping is the ancient art of making stone tools such as arrowheads or projectile points using a chipping and flaking stonework technique. The pieces to be displayed at the Old Stone Fort museum on September 23 include a long "sword" blade, a hook or “eagle claw” shape, a turtle effigy and a monolithic axe.
The exhibit will occur during a Celebration of Archaeoskills to be held at Old Stone Fort Friday through Sunday, September 22-24. The celebration features demonstrations of prehistoric lifeways and will welcome flintknappers from around the country. Other demonstrations will include Atlatl, or spear-propelling technology, Native American pottery production, native plant use, fingerweaving, pine needle basketry, gourd work, fire starting and cordage.
The Old Stone Fort is a 2000-year-old American Indian ceremonial site. It consists of mounds and walls that combine with cliffs and rivers to form an enclosure measuring 1-1/4 miles around. The 50-acre hilltop enclosure mound site is believed to have served as a central ceremonial gathering place for some 500 years.
Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park is located off U.S. Highway 41 in Coffee County. From I-24, turn southwest at the Highway 53 Exit 110 and follow the signs 1-1/2 miles to the entrance.
There is no charge to attend the Archaeoskills Celebration or the one-day exhibit at Old Stone Fort museum on Saturday, September 23. For additional information, please call the park museum at 931-723-5073 or visit the park’s Web site at: http://www.tnstateparks.com/OldStoneFort.
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