Mound State Monument
MOUNDVILLE ALABAMA
Museum Paper 20 (Revised)
Archaeological Museum
CONTENTS
[Archaeological Museum] Cover [The Prehistoric Inhabitants of Moundville] 3 [Their Physical Appearance] 3 [Their Dress and Ornamentation] 4 [Their Houses] 4 [Their Food] 5 [Their Implements] 5 [Their Religion] 7 [Other Activities] 8 [Their Burial Customs] 8 [Moundville Indian Pottery] 8 [What to See at Mound State Monument] 12 [How to Reach the Monument] 16 [Administration of the Monument] 16 [Map of Mound State Monument] 18 [Rules and Regulations] 19 [Erskine Ramsay Archaeological Research Center] 21 [Picnic Facilities] 21
Milestones
| 1200-1400[1] | Great prehistoric city grows and thrives on banks of Warrior River, West-Central Alabama. |
| 1500[1] | City deserted. |
| 1897 | Town of Carthage, white settlement at site of deserted city, renamed Moundville because of numerous Indian mounds within its limits. |
| 1905-1906 | First archaeological excavations made at Moundville by Clarence B. Moore of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. |
| 1923 | Moundville Historical Society organized to arouse interest in preservation of mounds. Mrs. Jeff Powers, Jr., President. |
| 1929 | Alabama Museum of Natural History begins archaeological investigations at Moundville after purchasing 175 acres which include most of the 40 mounds in that area. |
| 1933 | Mound State Park established with the aid of the Federal Emergency Conservation Work Agency. |
| 1935 | Temporary museum building constructed at Mound State Park. |
| 1938-39 | Alabama Museum purchases additional land, enlarging Mound State Park to 301 acres which includes all the mounds in the area. |
| 1938 | Mound State Park renamed Mound State Monument. Civilian Conservation Corps, directed by National Park Service and the Alabama Museum of Natural History, begins large-scale development of area. |
| 1939 | May 10, New Archaeological Museum dedicated. |
| 1947 | September 24, Dedication of Laboratory Unit of Erskine Ramsay Archaeological Research Center. |
| 1949 | Completion of Picnic Building: Memorial to Nelson Jones. |
[1]Approximate dates.