Dr. Nick Honerkamp, Acting Head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography and Director of the Archaeology Institute, has had an article published as the lead article in the second issue of the new online journal, Tennessee Archaeology.
Tennessee Archaeology is a new electronic journal published by the Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology, which is peer-reviewed and supported by archaeologists throughout the state.
Dr. Honerkamp's article "Architectural Sequencing at the Samuel Doak Plantation, Greeneville, Tenn." was published as the lead article of their June issue. The article describes and analyzes the field research conducted by Dr. Honerkamp and his team of student field researchers at the Doak House Museum in Greeneville, Tenn. during the summers of 2003, 2004, and 2005.
Dr. Honerkamp's article discusses the many findings and questions raised by the archaeological dig at the Doak House Museum. Dr. Honerkamp and the Field Research team discovered markings which indicate that an academy prior to Tusculum College may have resided on the same grounds, that the land may have been used for farming prior to the college's existence, and that the root cellar predates the house. Additionally, many artifacts were found such as buttons, a bone comb, and eating utensils.