Almost exactly five years ago, the Cumberland River swelled with over a foot of torrential rain and crested, inundating Nashville, Tennessee, as well as parts of Kentucky and Mississippi. This ...

JOHNSON CITY — The East Tennessee State University and General Shale Natural History Museum and Gray Fossil Site will observe Tennessee Archaeology Awareness Month with a host of activities for all ...

Turkeys figured prominently into pre-contact Native American life, but the first archaeological evidence of probable domestication in the Southeast U.S. has just been found at a site in Tennessee.

Part of the future Nashville Sounds ballpark was on display Saturday, specifically about 10 feet underground of what will be left-center field. The 27th Tennessee Archaeology Meeting presented ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - A Franklin man's backyard became one of 11 Tennessee sites added to the National Register of Historic Places this week after archaeological digs there turned up one of the two ...

Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke has announced the appointment of Michael C. Moore as Tennessee's new state archaeologist. Mr. Moore has served as acting state archaeologist since ...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Division of Archaeology will host its annual conference on research in Tennessee archaeology 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Historical Commission and the State Historic Preservation Office have awarded 21 grants totaling more than $800,000 to support preservation of historic and ...

Have you ever wanted to be an archaeologist? Do you love to learn about local history? Well then come on out to the Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology’s first ever Archaeology Day at Bells ...