Moundville
By: John H. Blitz.
Series: Alabama : the forge of history
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780817354787; 9780817380670
Subjects: Mississippian culture -- Alabama -- Black Warrior River Valley; Mississippian pottery -- Alabama -- Black Warrior River Valley; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Alabama -- Black Warrior River Valley; Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.); Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.) -- Antiquities
Description: In the thirteenth century, Moundville was one of the largest Native American settlements north of Mexico. Spread over 325 acres were 29 earther mounds arranged around a great plaza, a mile-long stockade, and dozens of dwellings for thousands of people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-116) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing Moundville; title: Revealing Moundville's mysteries; title: Moundville and the Mississippians; title: "This great group of mounds"; title: History written with a shovel; title: Life and death at Moundville; title: Visiting Moundville Archaeological Park.