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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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Bill Bomar: Mounds at the Moundville Site

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture

Bill Bomar, Moundville Archaeological Park Director, explains the importance of experiencing the mounds themselves.

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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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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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Artifacts: Best Seen Where They Were Found

LaDonna Brown

LaDonna Brown describes the authentic experience is for mound visitors to see where an artifact was made and found, right at the mound site.

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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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Exotic Trade Goods at Moundville Museum

LaDonna Brown

LaDonna Brown discusses the prized materials used in many trade goods of the Southeastern Indians, which convey the idea of prestige and wealth.

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The Amazing New Moundville Museum

LaDonna Brown

LaDonna Brown describes the long-awaited museum opening.

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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.

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Moundville Museum: Recreating Stories

Bill Bomar

The Moundville Museum literally brings stories to life.

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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: Home of Prehistoric Chickasaws?

Richard Green

Many believe that the Chickasaws descended from the Mississippian-era mound dwellers in Moundville.

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Evolution from Mounds to a Smaller Village Site

LaDonna Brown

The Mississippian era was characterized by immense change, however many ancient lifeways remain intact.

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Mysteries of the Mounds: The Abrupt Decline

LaDonna Brown

It is a mystery as to why the mound societies declined and disappeared. Archaeologists can only speculate about the changes that brought this about.