Moundville Archaeological Site

Moundville Archaeological Site, also known as the Moundville Archaeological Park, is a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County, near the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Extensive archaeological investigation has shown that the site was the political and ceremonial center of a regionally organized Mississippian culture chiefdom polity between the 11th and 16th centuries. The archaeological park portion of the site is administered by the University of Alabama Museums and encompasses 185 acres (75 ha), consisting of 29 platform mounds around a rectangular plaza.^[3] The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.^[2]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moundville Archaeological Site
• Page 142 - Schneider, P., 2007, Brutal Journey: Cabeza de Vaca and the Epic First Crossing of North America: Holt, New York, 366p.