Many publications have emerged from the decades of research involving the McClung Museum’s collections. Authors of these studies include our curators, as well as visiting and invited researchers. The publications explore a wide range of topics related to natural history and culture.
Publications are available for sale in our museum shop and others are available as PDFs below. For those publications marked as Out of Print, click the link to locate it at a library local to you, or contact the museum at museum@utk.edu for information about obtaining copies.
All publications below are arranged by subject and are in chronological order.
Also, see Videos & Presentations and Current Research to learn more about research and projects at the McClung.
- With Pride They Made These: Tribal Styles in Plains Indian Art. Michael H. Logan and Douglas A. Schmittou, McClung Occasional Paper, 1995. Out of Print. Locate publication.
- Windows on the Maghrib: Tribal and Urban Weavings of Morocco, Jefferson Hyde, Janice Harmer, Miriam Lorimer, and W. Russell Pickering, Knoxville, TN: McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 1991. Out of Print. Locate publication.
- A Guide to Materials: Ceramics, Glass, and Metals, Elaine Altman Evans, Knoxville, TN: McClung Museum, 1985.
- Innovation & Romantic Images: The Architecture of Historic, William Ross McNabb, Knoxville: McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 1991. Out of Print. Locate publication.
- The Great American Clock: An Exhibition of American Clocks from c. 1800 to c. 1935, November 2, 1981-Feburary 26, 1982, Elaine Altman Evans, Knoxville, TN: McClung Museum, 1982.
- The Archaeological Collections at the McClung Museum, Jefferson Chapman, 1988 (updated 2012).
- Prehistoric American Indians in Tennessee, Jefferson Chapman, McClung Research Notes, Number 28, 2009.
- Pots and Pathology : Bio-Archaeological Data Suggests A Shift In Prehistoric Settlement Pattern, Maria Ostendorf Smith, McClung Research Notes, Number 27, January 2006.
- Dates for Shell Gorgets and the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex in the Chickamauga Basin of Southeastern Tennessee, Lynne P. Sullivan, McClung Research Notes, Number 19, March 2001.
- Archaeomagnetism Provides Dates for the Toqua Site, Lynne P. Sullivan, McClung Research Notes, Number 18, July 2000.
- Icehouse Bottom and the Hopewell Connection, James B. Stoltman, McClung Research Notes, Number 17, February 1999.
- Hopi Basketry in Sacred and Social Domains, Betty J. Duggan, McClung Research Notes, Number 15, May 1995.
- Archaeological Evidence of Fire Ceremonialism in the Late Prehistoric Southeast, Brett H. Riggs, McClung Research Notes, Number 11, September 1992.
- The Function of Hopewell Blades from the Southeast, Larry R. Kimball, McClung Research Notes, Number 12, November 1992.
- Prehistoric Textiles at the Stone Site, Stewart County, Tennessee, Penelope B. Drooker, McClung Research Notes, Number 4, March 1991.
- Tennessee Origins of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Bruce M. Rothschild, McClung Research Notes, Number 5, April 1991.
- Mouse Creek Phase Communities, Lynne P. Sullivan, McClung Research Notes, Number 6, June 1991.
- An Example of Intentional Late Prehistoric Dental Mutilation from Middle Tennessee, William O. Autry, McClung Research Notes, Number 7, August 1991.
- The Watauga Archaeological Survey, C. Clifford Boyd, Jr., McClung Research Notes, Number 8, November 1991.
- The Earliest Scalping Victim in America, Maria O. Smith, McClung Research Notes, Number 9, December 1991.
- Studies in Cherokee Basketry. Duggan, Betty J., Brett H. Riggs, and Frank G. Speck. Knoxville, TN: McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1991. Out of Print. Locate Publication.
- Paleopathological Studies of Late Prehistoric Middle Tennesseans, Leslie Eisenberg, McClung Research Notes, Number 1, November 1990.
- Spina Bifida in Prehistoric Tennesseans, Maria O. Smith, McClung Research Notes, Number 2, December 1990.
- The Kimberly-Clark Site and Site 40LD207, Jefferson Chapman, Knoxville: McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 1982. Out of Print. Locate Publication.
- Tellico Archaeology: 12,000 Years of Native American History, Jefferson Chapman, Norris, TN: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1985, Revised Edition 1995. Available at Museum Shop.
- The American Indian in Tennessee: An Archaeological Perspective, Jefferson Chapman, Knoxville: McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 1982. Out of Print. Locate Publication.
- Archaeology: Early Cultures and Their Technology, Elaine Altman Evans, Knoxville, TN: McClung Museum, 1981. Out of print.
- Napoleon and Egyptomania in Tennessee: An Exhibition, September 6, 2008 – January 18, 2009, McClung Museum, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Elaine Altman Evans, Knoxville, TN: McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2009. Available at Museum Shop.
- Before the Greatest Tomb Discovery, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Occasional Paper, 2008.
- By Brush and Lens: Revealing the Sphinx, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Occasional Paper, 2007.
- Drifting Along the Nile: Collecting Memories of Egypt, 1850-1926, Elaine Altman Evans, 2006. Out of Print.
- Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie: The Father of Egyptian Archaeology, Elaine Altman Evans, Knoxville, TN: McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2005. Out of print.
- The Grand Tour: Postcards and Travellers in Egypt, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Occasional Paper, 2005.
- A Curious Sealed Pottery Jar, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Notes, Number 25, April 2003
- In the Sandals of Pharaoh: James Henry Breasted and the Stereoscope, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Occasional Paper, 2003
- A Foreign Captive at Medinet Habu, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Notes, Number 23, April 2002
- A Magical Papyrus Fragment Speaks, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Notes, Number 24, July 2002
- Papyrus: A Blessing Upon Pharoah, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Occasional Paper, 2002.
- Ancient Egyptian Coffin Face, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Notes, Number 21, November 2001.
- Cat Mummies, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Notes, Number 20, May 2001.
- Scholars, Scoundrels, and the Sphinx: A Photographic and Archaeological Adventure Up the Nile, Elaine Altman Evans, Knoxville, TN: McClung Museum, 2000. Available at Museum Shop.
- American Explorers in the Land of the Pharaohs, Elaine Altman Evans, Knoxville, TN: McClung Museum, 1996, Revised Edition 1999. Out of Print.
- The Sacred Scarab, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Occasional Paper, 1996.
- Dynasty I Jar Sealings, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Notes, Number 16, June 1995.
- Ancient Egyptian Ba-Bird, Elaine Altman Evans, McClung Research Notes, Number 14, November 1993.
- Burial Practices in Ancient Egypt, Elaine Altman Evans, Knoxville, TN: McClung Museum, 1986. Out of Print.
- Cumberlandian Mussels and Similar Looking Species, Gerald Dinkins, Curator of Malacology, McClung Museum, and mussel expert, Steven A. Ahlstedt, Presentation given at the 2010 Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society workshop, St. Louis, Missouri.
- People and Plants in the Prehistoric Southeast: New Information from South Carolina, Gary D. Crites, McClung Research Notes, Number 22, February 2002.
- Tennessee’s First Crops: Research in Paleoethnobotany, Gary D. Crites, McClung Research Notes, Number 3, February 1991.
- A Middle Pennsylvanian (ca. 315 Million Years) Amphibian Trackway from the Cross Mountain Formation, East Tennessee Cumberlands, Martin S. Kohl and Jonathan R. Bryan, McClung Research Notes, Number 13, April 1993.
- First Dinosaur Record from Tennessee, Jonathan R. Bryan, McClung Research Notes, Number 10, January 1992.