National Register of Historic Places Listing: 40DV307, the Barnes Site (original) (raw)

Site 40DV307 (the Barnes site) is situated along the natural levee of the Cumberland River west of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee. Archaeological investigations at 40DV307 have revealed multi-component prehistoric occupations including intact deposits from the Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods of regional prehistory. The Archaic period deposits at 40DV307 are situated approximately 4–¬6.5 feet below modern ground surface and include concentrations of freshwater gastropods and bivalves. Radiocarbon samples and the overall character of these deposits link them to the regional manifestation of the Shell Mound Archaic cultural phase (ca. 6500 – 1000 BC) as it appears within the Middle Cumberland River Valley. In addition to modified stone, lithic tools, and freshwater shellfish, the Archaic shell-bearing levels at 40DV307 contain artifact classes including botanical remains, animal bone, and radiocarbon samples. Both collectively and individually these data classes will produce information significant to our understanding of prehistoric archaeology, human settlement, and culture change in Tennessee and the American Southeast during the mid-Holocene. Consequently, site 40DV307 is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D of 36 CFR 60.4, as related to the Multiple Property listing “Archaic shell-bearing sites of the Middle Cumberland River Valley, Tennessee.”

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