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Artifacts from Moundville Site Excavations

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture

Archaeologists at most mound sites try to excavate only 5%-10% of the site to avoid destroying it.

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At Moundville: The Horned Serpent Story

LaDonna Brown, Tribal Anthropologist, Department of History & Culture, Chickasaw Nation

LaDonna Brown describes a famous Chickasaw story her grandfather told her when she was a child when they lived not far from Moundville, Alabama.

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The Structure Atop Platform Mounds

LaDonna Brown

LaDonna explains how the location of a dwelling on top of the platform mound is seen as a defining characteristic of the Mississippian time period.

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The Moundville Museum: Telling the Story

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture

Moundville Archaeological Park Director Bill Bomar explains the concept of the new museum.

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Moundville: Aerial Tour

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture

Moundville was a preeminent ancient center of mound culture on the Black Warrior River, just west of present-day Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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Moundville Museum: A Unique Exhibit Experience

Bill Bomar

Building the Moundville Museum was a nearly decade-long process as funds were collected.

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Moundville Museum: A "Splendor of Ancient Culture"

Bill Bomar

The historical site of Moundville in Alabama is an important ancestral home to numerous tribes of Native Americans originating from the southeast.