Moundville Archaeological Park

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Mississippian culture site archaeological site open-air museum prehistoric Native American site

Moundville Archaeological Park is a major pre-Columbian Native American site featuring large earthen mounds and artifacts from the Mississippian culture, located along the Black Warrior River in Alabama.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Moundville 2
Moundville Archaeological Museum 1
Moundville Site 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippian culture site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
open-air museum ⓘ
prehistoric Native American site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Moundville Archaeological Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moundville Archaeological Park ⓘ
surface form: Moundville Site
area about 326 acres ⓘ
associatedPeople Mississippian culture ⓘ
surface form: Mississippian peoples
associatedWith southeastern ceremonial complex ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culture Mississippian culture ⓘ
earliestOccupation circa 1000 CE ⓘ
functionedAs regional chiefdom center ⓘ
hasArtifactType ceremonial objects ⓘ
copper artifacts ⓘ
engraved pottery ⓘ
shell gorgets ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
hasFeature Moundville Archaeological Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Moundville Archaeological Museum

burial mounds ⓘ
defensive palisade (archaeological evidence) ⓘ
earthen platform mounds ⓘ
interpretive trails ⓘ
plaza ⓘ
reconstructed Native American structures ⓘ
visitor center ⓘ
hasLayout rectangular plaza surrounded by platform mounds ⓘ
hasNumberOfMounds approximately 29 ⓘ
hasTopic Native American history of Alabama ⓘ
pre-Columbian archaeology ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Hale County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Black Warrior River ⓘ
managedBy Alabama Museum of Natural History ⓘ
surface form: University of Alabama Museums
nearestCity Moundville, Alabama ⓘ
NRHPDesignationYear 1964 ⓘ
NRHPType National Historic Landmark ⓘ
offers archaeological exhibits ⓘ
cultural events ⓘ
educational programs ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownedBy University of Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakOccupationPeriod circa 1200–1450 CE ⓘ
significance major political and ceremonial center of the Mississippian culture ⓘ
one of the largest Mississippian sites in the Southeastern United States ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moundville Archaeological Park → alsoKnownAs → Moundville Archaeological Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moundville Site
Alabama → containsHistoricSite → Moundville Archaeological Park ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands → hasArchaeologicalSite → Moundville Archaeological Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moundville
Moundville Archaeological Park → hasFeature → Moundville Archaeological Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moundville Archaeological Museum
Mississippian culture → majorSite → Moundville Archaeological Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moundville