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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456320103321

Autore

Blitz John Howard

Titolo

Moundville [[electronic resource] /] / John H. Blitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8173-8067-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 p.)

Collana

Alabama : the forge of history

Disciplina

976.1/43

Soggetti

Mississippian culture - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley

Mississippian pottery - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley

Excavations (Archaeology) - Alabama - Black Warrior River Valley

Electronic books.

Moundville Archaeological Park (Moundville, Ala.)

Black Warrior River Valley (Ala.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-116) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introducing Moundville -- Revealing Moundville's mysteries -- Moundville and the Mississippians -- "This great group of mounds" -- History written with a shovel -- Life and death at Moundville -- Visiting Moundville Archaeological Park.

Sommario/riassunto

Inaugural pocket guide from our new series of illustrated guidebooks   In the 13th century, Moundville was one of the largest Native American settlements north of Mexico. Spread over 325 acres were 29 earthen mounds arranged around a great plaza, a mile-long stockade, and dozens of dwellings for thousands of people. Moundville, in size and complexity second only to the Cahokia site in Illinois, was a heavily populated town, as well as a political and religious center.    Moundville was sustained by tribute of food and labor provided by the people who lived