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The name of the park was changed to Mound State Monument and was opened to the public in 1939. During a 1980 break-in at the Erskine Ramsay Archaeological Repository at Moundville, 264 pottery vessels, one-fifth of the vessel collection curated by the Alabama Museum of Natural History, were stolen. The highest-quality specimens were taken.
The Moundville Archaeological Museum is an archaeological park and museum in Moundville, Alabama The museum houses artifacts and displays exhibits on over 60 years of archaeological excavations and investigations in the Moundville Archaeological Park. The Jones Archaeological Museum located in the park was opened on May 16, 1939, and was ...
The Moundville Archaeological Park is a National Historic Landmark. The 320-acre (1.3 km 2) park contains 26 prehistoric, Mississippian culture-era Native American earthwork mounds, burial sites and artifacts. [13] The largest mounds are located near the Black Warrior River. Mounds become smaller as one goes farther from the river.
Jones excavated the Moundville Archaeological Site in Central Alabama, establishing an important Native American burial site and shedding light on its culture. Jones accepted the position of Assistant State Geologist under Eugene Allen Smith in 1924, [ 1 ] and served as State Geologist of Alabama and Director of the Alabama Museum of Natural ...
Lyndon Alec performs a dance during the Native American Festival at Moundville Archaeological Park on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Admission is $10 for adults, students and seniors. Children 5 years and ...
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The Willoughby Disk, a Mississippian ceremonial stone palette from Moundville Archaeological Park, housed onsite in the Jones Archaeological Museum. Photo by Jeffrey Reed. During the Mississippian era of 800 to 1500 CE, ancestral Choctaw and Chickasaw peoples are believed to have been connected to the polity surrounding Moundville in Alabama. [1]
Moundville Archaeological Park: Moundville: Hale Operated by the University of Alabama Prehistoric Native American settlements [118] Museum of East Alabama: Opelika: Lee Approximately 4,000 artifacts regarding live in East Alabama [119] National African American Archives and Museum: Mobile Mobile