Archaeology of the Moundville Chiefdom

Vernon James Knight (Edited by), Vincas P. Steponaitas (Edited by), Christopher S. Peebles (Foreword by)

9780817354213, The University of Alabama Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 January 2007

226 pages, 60 illustrations
22.7 x 16.1 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg

The latest contributions to a 30-year, long-term collaboration that has produced critically important data and theories for the understanding of Mississippian social formations. - Antiquity

At its height, the Moundville ceremonial center was a densely occupied town of approximately 1,000 residents, with at least 29 earthen mounds surrounding a central plaza. Today, Moundville is not only one of the largest and best-preserved Mississippian sites in the United States, but also one of the most intensively studied. This volume brings together nine Moundville specialists who trace the site's evolution and eventual decline.