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		Knight said the theft, which occurred from a storage building at the university's Moundville archaeological site, was never made public; only a brief notice was placed in a scholarly journal.
		Once one of the largest communities in North America, Moundville was a 300-acre village on the banks of the Black Warrior River in central Alabama from about 1000 to 1450 A.D. The site is now an archaeological park operated by the university.
		Items excavated from Moundville in the 1930s were stored in a locked, four-story repository at the site, Knight said.
	uttm.com /stories/2003/04/22/tech/printable550440.shtml (557 words)

	Moundville Archaelogical Museum - An Archaelogical Sketch of Moundville
		The Moundville site, occupied from around A.D. 1000 until A.D. 1450, is a large settlement of Mississippian culture on the Black Warrior River in central Alabama.
		At the time of Moundville's heaviest residential population, the community took the form of a three hundred-acre village built on a bluff overlooking the river.
		Moundville, in size and complexity second only to the Cahokia site in Illinois, was at once a populous town, as well as a political center and a religious center.
	www.ua.edu /academic/museums/moundville/sketch.html (595 words)

	Archaeological Research in Jalisco - The Atemajac Valley Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		From a slightly different sector of the site were found nearly the same number of box tombs, associated with quite different material culture from the El Grillo phase.
		Ixtepete is, I believe, the only archaeological site in Jalisco that has been official declared a protected archaeological park at the federal level, despite generations of work identifying much more impressive sites.
		The site lies along the northern edge of Guadalajara's beltway (it's impossible to miss, as the highway partly cuts the back of it), just a few blocks away from Tabachines and probably related to the box tombs there.
	members.aol.com /cbeekman/research/atemajac.html (589 words)

	Alabama indian site was prehistoric hub \| ajc.com
		Moundville is one of the most significant Native American archaeological sites in the nation, yet many people, even in the Southeast, have never heard of it.
		Archaeological evidence suggests the village thrived from A.D. 1000 to 1200 and then declined and was abandoned by 1450.
		Moundville's most famous object is the "rattlesnake disc," a 12 1/2 -inch-wide piece of stone carved with the image of a human hand, an open eye peering from the palm, with two snakes coiled on both sides.
	www.ajc.com /news/content/travel/destinations/alabama/stories/092904getaway.html (975 words)

	Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Moundville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Moundville is a large Mississippian archaeological site in western Alabama that served as the capital of a large prehistoric chiefdom.
		Moundville was ruled by a theocratic elite, who were buried with finely crafted artifacts made of a variety of exotic materials, such as copper, mica, greenstone, and marine shell.
		Moundville was probably ancestral to the Apafalaya chiefdom described by early Spanish explorers as well as the later Alabama, Pakana, and Choctaw Indians.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_023800_moundville.htm (291 words)

	OAR - History Statement
		This survey eventually led to the Alabama State Site File, the state's inventory of archaeological sites, which is currently maintained at the Office of Archaeological Research.
		Grants from the National Research Council funded archaeological excavations at other mound sites around the state, including Hobbs Island and the Florence Mound on the Tennessee River, Omussee Creek Mound on the Chattahoochee River, and the Bottle Creek mounds in the Mobile Delta.
		The Alabama State Site File (ASSF), an inventory of all the archaeological sites recorded in the state, was also transferred to the management of OAR.
	museums.ua.edu /oar/history.html (1980 words)

	Scalping...
		Three of the sites, all of which were located in the Plains region of the U.S., contained quot;burialsquot; that appear to have been the direct aftermath of some sort of raid.
		One of the sites is in the Southwest, one is in the Plains, and one is in the Southeast.
		The Mason site is in Franklin County Tennessee (Owsley and Berryman 1975).
	www.dickshovel.com /scalp.html (3942 words)

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		The Moundville Archaeological Park is designated by the National Park Service as one of 32 National Historic Landmarks in Alabama, which is a higher level designation than the National Register of Historic Places.
		The name was changed in the 1990s to Moundville Archaeological Park to better reflect the aims of the park and to prevent confusion with state parks and even with cemeteries from the "Monument" part of the name.
		Today, the Moundville Archaeological Park is one of five University Museums, and is a branch of the Alabama Museum of Natural History.
	alumni.ua.edu /article6.html (1612 words)

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		This archaeological site in Egypt, a major find of the twentieth century, appears to be the burial place of Ramesses II's sons.
		This site is hosted by the Mission of the Archaeological Museum of Milan (Civiche Raccolte Archeologiche di Milano), which initiated excavations in Egypt at the Tomb of Harwa (TT 37) in 1995, under the direction of Francesco Tiradritti.
		The site is especially worthwhile because since the time of the National Geographic special, several parts of the archaeological site have been looted or ransacked.
	www.aaanet.org /committees/commissions/aec/rescontinent.htm (3381 words)

	University of Alabama News
		The University of Alabama operates the 326-acre Moundville site, which attracts approximately 45,000 visitors annually, more than one third of them during the four-day Moundville Native American Festival each October.
		At Moundville, they constructed 28 earthen mounds that served as building platforms for civic and ceremonial structures and the homes of nobles.
		UA's Moundville Archaeological Park is located 14 miles south of Tuscaloosa along the Black Warrior River.
	uanews.ua.edu /anews2004/mar04/moundville032604.htm (456 words)

	Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News - July 23, 2001
		Members of this year’s Expedition team, working at Moundville Archaeological Park’s Mound V, began uncovering the prehistoric structure early in the four-week archaeological dig.
		There are other earthlodge sites in the southern Appalachians and in central Georgia, but until now archaeologists did not believe they existed as far west as Alabama’s prehistoric Moundville.
		The 60-foot Chieftain’s Mound is the tallest of the park’s 26 mounds and was probably the site for a temple or chief’s house.
	dialog.ua.edu /dialog20010723/moundville20010723.html (697 words)

	Moundville Archaelogical Museum - The Jones Archaelogical Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The burials were closed in 1989, and a theater and exhibit halls were designed to replace the burial wings.
		Today, the museum houses artifacts and interpretive exhibits providing information on more than 60 years of archaeological excavations and investigations.
		The theater offers a series of videos on Moundville and the history of Southeastern Indians.
	museums.ua.edu /moundville/moundmus.html (138 words)

	World Heritage Sites in the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The archaeological excavations of the area led to the development of a cultural sequence which in turn enabled the comparative dating of southwestern U.S. sites.
		This site demonstrates the Mesoamerican influence on the culture of the Southeast.
		The site consists of a kill site marked by numerous bison bones and a camp a short distance away.
	www.cr.nps.gov /worldheritage/list1.htm (5813 words)

	NPS Archeology Program: For the Public (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		An archaeological museum operated by the Bureau of Land Management, The Anasazi Heritage Centers showcases archaeological projects from the four-corners region.
		Site of a moderate sized Mississippian village, with a number of earthen mounds.
		Site of the famous 17th century English colony.
	www.cr.nps.gov /archeology/public/parks.htm (593 words)

	Department of Religious Studies
		Knight's lecture was on the culture of the people who once inhabited the region known today as Moundville--an archaeological site 14 miles south of Tuscaloosa which, 800 years ago, was the largest urban dwelling in North America.
		Knight's lecture persuaded listeners that much of the symbolism recovered from the site functioned to legitimize the ruling elites' control over the practices and institutions associated with their societies' belief in the afterlife.
		The area is named for the large mounds found all throughout the site, which were annually rebuilt and enlarged and on which domestic dwellings once stood.
	www.as.ua.edu /rel/knightlecture.html (499 words)

	LostWorlds.org \| Georgia : Etowah Indian Mounds- creek & cherokee indians
		The largest structure at the Etowah Mounds site was the Great Temple Mound and it has the distinction of being the tallest in Georgia.
		It rose 67 feet and was oriented to the cardinal points (as were the other mounds at the site.) The mound was probed with ground penetrating radar but nothing worth investigating was found and thus the mound has never been fully excavated.
		The most important artifacts discovered at the Etowah Mounds site are undoubtedly the two carved marble statues of a man and woman.
	www.lostworlds.org /etowah_mounds.html (1835 words)

	Florida State Parks - LAKE JACKSON MOUNDS STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
		Known as one of the most important archaeological sites discovered in Florida, the Lake Jackson Mounds have yielded some of the most significant artifacts in the state.
		The site was once a large ceremonial center dating back to the Fort Walton period of Florida's history (1000 A.D.-1450 A.D.).
		The remains of important tribal members have been found at the site with a rich array of burial objects including elaborate items such as copper breast plates, shell beaded necklaces, bracelets, anklets and cloaks still in place.
	www.abfla.com /parks/LakeJacksonMounds/lakejackson.html (411 words)

	University of Alabama News
		Hear tales of the archaeological adventures Dr. Brown has had investigating in such wild and remote areas as the famous Bottle Creek site (AD 1250-1750) inside the Mobile-Tensaw delta.
		Moundville Knap-In: A stone tool making meet that hosts flintknappers from around the country who sell their wares and demonstrate the ancient art of making arrowheads, spear points, and thousands of other tools from stone.
		This will be a rare and exciting opportunity to excavate at one of the preeminent archaeological sites in North America.
	uanews.ua.edu /dec00/museum120800.htm (730 words)

	Our Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Stewardship programs are designed to involve members of archaeological societies in the protection sites considered important to the cultural heritage of the state.
		The Alabama Site File GIS project is still in its developmental stages, though 95% (18,606) of the archaeological sites have been entered into the system.
		The Flint River site was discovered and excavated in the 1930s during public works program's surrounding the TVA projects that built dams along the Tennessee River.
	www.southalabama.edu /aas/our_programs.html (878 words)

	Mound Builders of Mississippi and the Surrounding Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The site is broken into 10 sections including pottery, flint points, flint implements, pipes, and shell ornaments.
		A site map shows the location of the town enclosure and the twenty-six smaller mounds contained within it.
		Moundville is second in size and complexity only to the Cahokia site in Illinois.
	www.classbrain.com /artstate/publish/article_660.shtml (385 words)

	SPIRO MOUNDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The Spiro Mounds site grew from a small farming village to one of the most important centers in what later became the United States.
		The Spiro Mounds site is world renowned because of the incredible amount of art and artifacts dug from the Craig Mound, the site's only burial mound.
		On May 9, 1978, the Spiro Mounds Archaeological State Park, with the help of the Oklahoma Archeological Survey, opened an Interpretive Center as the first, and still only, Oklahoma prehistoric American Indian archaeological site open to the public.
	www.ok-history.mus.ok.us /enc/spiro_mounds.htm (873 words)

	Daily Home - Archaeologist satisfied Indian burial site preserved
		Knight was upset that the company was sitting on a known Indian site and appeared to be encroaching on additional portions of the site.
		According to Hathorn, it is impossible to separate a Creek village from a Creek burial site.
		Any Native American burial sites in which the federal government has a claim, such as sites on federal lands, are covered by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, which was passed into law in 1992.
	www.dailyhome.com /news/2004/dh-childersburg-0901-khouse-4h31v1313.htm (1180 words)

	Moundville Archaeological Park -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Archaeological excavations date from the mid-19th century, with work being done by Clarence B. Moore in the early 20th century.
		More results on "Moundville Archaeological Park" when you join.
		Her action led to the 1955–56 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott, and she became a symbol of the power of nonviolent protest.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9054005?tocId=9054005 (788 words)

	University of Alabama News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		A U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service archaeologist will discuss the Depression-era development of the archaeological site at Moundville into a park during a free talk on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m.
		The cadets developed it into a public park-today’s Moundville Archaeological Park, a unit of The University of Alabama.
		Many former cadets who lived at the Moundville CCC camp will be in attendance, following a reunion of their own at the Park.
	www.ua.edu /advancement/ur/releases/oct01/mville100801.htm (270 words)

	Interpreting Archaeological Finds (from archaeology) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Ideally, analysis of the materials found on a site begins in the field laboratories while excavation is still in progress.
		Often, however, reconnaissance and excavation are completed in a relatively brief period of time, and the records and preserved remains are taken back to a museum, university, or laboratory for more analysis.
		In the 19th century, attempts to establish the age of archaeological items that predate the beginning of written records were frequently inaccurate.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-196572?ct= (888 words)

	Welcome to the University of Alabama Press Search Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The Shiloh Indian Mounds archaeological site, a National Historic Landmark, is a late prehistoric community within the boundaries of the Shiloh National Military Park on the banks of the Tennessee River, where one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War was fought in April 1862.
		It is unique in that the land has never been plowed, so visitors can walk around the area and find the collapsed remains of 800-year-old houses and the 900-meter-long palisade with bastions that protected the village in prehistoric times.
		These published findings confirm that the Shiloh site was one of at least fourteen Mississippian mound sites located within a 50 km area and that Shiloh was abandoned in approximately AD 1450.
	www.uapress.ua.edu /NewSearch2.cfm?id=133494 (422 words)

	SAAweb - Archaeology & Public Education News & Notes
		Renewed excavation efforts at the site of a Native American council house at Moundville, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, have revealed it is the largest such structure ever found in the Southeast.
		Double Ditch Indian Village is a spectacular earthlodge village site near Bismarck, North Dakota, that overlooks the Missouri River on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
		The site, named for the presence of several fortification ditches, was inhabited by the Mandan Indians between about 1500 and 1781.
	www.saa.org /pubedu/a&pe/winter2002/news.html (1384 words)

	Moundville Archaeological Park 12/18/02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		At its height, Moundville was the largest and most powerful political and religious center in the Southeast.
		Nobles at Moundville ruled over thousands of people harnessing their manpower to build these mounds and fostering a thriving economy based on corn agriculture.
		The CCC also brought erosion under control at the site, contouring the landscape and building dams to check the runoff of water and soil.
	www.nostalgiaville.com /travel/Alabama/moundville121802.htm (845 words)

	Moundville Archaeological Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Mailing address: P.O. Box 66, Moundville, AL 35474.
		Annual programs include Moundville Native American Festival, first week in October; Native American Heritage Days - varies -spring of each year; regular schedule of changing exhibits, visiting artists, and summer craft programs.
		Special programs include self-guided tour of more than 20 major mounds, Boardwalk Nature Trail, Archaeological Museum, reconstructed Indian village, riverbank overlook.
	www.alabamamuseums.org /m_map.htm (78 words)

	Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News - October 14, 2002
		There are four main thrusts in anthropology, and while UA will continue to offer education in physical anthropology, archaeology, linguistics and cultural anthropology, UA's primary niche lies in medical anthropology and archaeology that focuses on the complex societies in the Americas, Knight said.
		Owning Moundville Archaeological Park, a world-class archaeological site, gives UA a distinction no other university can offer its anthropology students, Knight said.
		At its peak, in about 1250, Moundville was the largest city north of Mexico, home to about 3,000 people.
	dialog.ua.edu /dialog20021014/nmf20021014.html (882 words)

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