www.holstonia.net

A web site devoted to the history of an under-appreciated region.

It is a work in progress.

The Holstonia Bibliography is here
Holstonia links are here
My article: "Aboriginal and Remnant American Indians of NE and SW Tennessee Virginia, 'Holstonia'" is here. My article: "Unknown Holstonians" is here.
   At left: a marine shell gorget from the Ely mound in Lee County, Virginia.

Source: Holmes, William Henry. Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans. Pp. 179-305 in Annual Report (1880-81) of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: US Govt. Print. Off., 1883. It's here

Marine shell gorgets made by American Indians from 1300-1600 AD are an important distinctive category of Holstonian archeological artifacts.

Last updated 26 May 2009.

Holstonia is the watersheds of the three forks of the Holston River in Virginia. They lie principally in Smyth, Washington, and Scott Counties, and edge into Bland and Wythe Counties at their headwaters.

Greater Holstonia is a loosely bounded region encompassing about 15 counties along the border of Tennessee and Virginia. It lies principally, but not exclusively, in the Holston River watershed.

Maps of Holstonia are here

Jim Glanville, 201 Graves Avenue, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060-5305 and jglanvil@blacksburg.net

With the exception of direct quotations, so-labeled, all opinions expressed here are mine.