Moundville, Alabama
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Moundville is a city in Hale and Tuscaloosa counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2020 census the population was 3,024. It is part of the Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area. Within the c
General store in Moundville, July 1936
Landowner in Moundville, August 1936; photograph by Walker Evans
Moundville Archaeological Site, also known as the Moundville Archaeological Park, is a Mississippian culture archaeological site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County, near the modern city of Tusc
Moundville, Alabama
…the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2020 census the population was 3,024. It is part of the Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area. Within the city is Moundville Archaeological Site, the location of a prehistoric Mississippian culture political and ceremonial center. Moundville was incorporated on December 22, 1908. From its…
Artist's conception of the Moundville Archaeological Site
A view of the site from the top of Mound B looking toward Mound A and the plaza
A view across the plaza from mound J to mound B, with mound A in the center
Engraved stone palette from Moundville, illustrating two horned rattlesnakes, perhaps referring to The Great Serpent of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex