Search Results: Moundville

Moundville is an archaeological site and park in Hale County, Alabama, USA on the Black Warrior River enclosing a Native American site dated to c. 1100 - c. 1450 CE. The earthen mounds which give the site its modern name were built by an...

This amazing archeological site, it was occupied from around CE 1000 until CE 1450 by a large settlement of Mississippian Culture. It sits on the Black Warrior River in central Alabama.

Check out this enormous prehistoric mound site near Tuscaloosa, Alabama! Built during the Mississippian Period, these mounds have been standing here for hundreds of years, even before the arrival of Columbus. Make sure to check out more Mike...

???? WATCH this video to take a look back at the 31st Moundville Archaeological Park and Museum Native American Festival to find out why participants think Moundville and the Festival are so special! ???? #Moundville #MoundvillePark #UAMuseums...

Pre-Colonial North America (also known as Pre-Columbian, Prehistoric, and Precontact) is the period between the migration of the Paleo-Indians to the region between 40,000-14,000 years ago and contact between indigenous tribes and European...

An image from the Moundville Archaeological Park in Alabama, USA, looking from the top of Mound B toward Mound A and the surrounding plaza. Moundville is the modern name for the ancient Native American city which developed at this site and...

The Willoughby Disk, an engraved stone disk from Moundville, Hale County, Alabama, USA. The site dates to c. 1100 - c. 1450 CE. (Jones Archaeological Museum, Moundville).

The Pinson Mounds are a State Archeological Park in Madison County, Tennessee, USA enclosing a prehistoric Native American religious site comprising earthen mounds built during the Middle Woodland Period (c. 200 BCE - 500 CE). Although there...

Poverty Point is an archaeological and historic site in Louisiana, USA, dated to c. 1700-1100 BCE, enclosing one of the most significant Native American mound sites from Pre-Colonial America. It was once the location of a grand complex of...

Civilization (from the Latin civis=citizen and civitas=city) is a term applied to any society which has developed a writing system, government, production of surplus food, division of labor, and urbanization. The term is difficult to define...