Tanasi
E721060
Tanasi was a historic Overhill Cherokee town in present-day Tennessee that gave the state its name and served as an early political center for the Cherokee.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Overhill Cherokee town
ⓘ
historic Cherokee town ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Tanasi archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup | Cherokee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSubgroup | Overhill Cherokee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| excavatedBy | University of Tennessee archaeologists ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| function |
diplomatic center
ⓘ
residential town ⓘ |
| gaveNameTo | Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Cherokee town chiefs ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | site of Cherokee cultural heritage ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalMarker | Tennessee historical marker for Tanasi ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Cherokee language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | present-day Monroe County, Tennessee ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Overhill Cherokee region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Chota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Little Tennessee River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | early 18th-century British colonial records ⓘ |
| modernLandmarkNearby |
Tellico Dam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tellico Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Tanase
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tannassy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee (archaic spelling) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cherokee Nation (historic) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | U.S. National Park Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToponym | State of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Tennessee River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs |
Cherokee capital
ⓘ
early political center of the Cherokee ⓘ |
| submergedBy | Tellico Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early colonial era
ⓘ
pre-colonial era ⓘ |
| wasReplacedAsCapitalBy | Chota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.