Moundville
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Archaeology, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Anthropology, Anthropologists
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606)
- Geographical Location: Alabama
- Date: 1000-1350
The site of Moundville was one of the most important political and ceremonial centers of the Mississippian tradition, which flourished in the southeastern United States after 1200 c.e. It is the second-largest site of this period after Cahokia (Illinois). Situated on a bluff above the Black Warrior River in Alabama, Moundville is marked by a large number of ramped, pyramidal platform mounds arranged around a central plaza. At one time, these earth-fill mounds were bases for perishable superstructures that served as temples and elite residences.
Excavations at the site were first...
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