MS 2496 William E. Myer sketch of a clay model of a mound in Tennessee
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2496

NAA INV 08634100
name: label: Creator
content: Myer, William Edward, 1862-1923
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Tennessee
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Mounds
creator: label: Creator
content: Myer, William Edward, 1862-1923
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: William Edward Myer (1862-1923) was a Special Archaeologist with Bureau of American Ethnology from 1917-1923. He mapped, surveyed, and conducted excavations at several significant archaeological sites in Tennessee, including Mound Bottom in Cheatham County, Gordontown in Davidson County, Pinson Mounds in Madison County, Castalian Springs in Sumner County, and Fewkes in Williamson County.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (pencil and watercolor, 14.75 x 12.5 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Folder 2496
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2496
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Previously titled: "Artificial Mound in Tennessee Drawing."
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one (1) drawing of an unidentified mound in Tennessee.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropology Archives holds additional materials created by Myer including field notes, maps, photographs and writings.