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Archaeological park to host 16th annual knap-in

Archaeological park to host 16th annual knap-in

Rebecca Rakowitz • March 4, 2016

What: The Moundville Knap-in is named for the flintkapping technology taught and on display at the event. Other exhibits at the event include fire making, ancient hunting and fishing, basketry, pottery...

Moundville Native American Festival

Moundville Native American Festival

Chandler Padgett • October 8, 2015

The grassy mounds of earth are enigmatic from a distance, towering over the flat Alabama dirt and clay. Approach them in October, and these former Native American villages bustle with activity, ranging...

Moundville Park restarts Saturday programming

Moundville Park restarts Saturday programming

Sirui Shao • March 3, 2015

The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park resumed its Saturday in the Park program Feb. 28, with the theme of “Past Time Pastimes.”Saturday in the Park began in 2009 and is held...

UA leads salvage project

UA leads salvage project

Lauren Lane • February 4, 2015

In an attempt to continue excavating artifacts, The University of Alabama’s Office of Archaeological Research has started a new archeological project along the shore of Moundville Archeological Park.Moundville...

Ruins of ancient city featured in Moundville Park

Ruins of ancient city featured in Moundville Park

Katherine Martin • January 31, 2012

Just over 15 miles from the University of Alabama campus on the banks of the Black Warrior River, Moundville was once a cosmopolitan city with at least 3,000 Native American inhabitants living within the...

Moundville kicks off fall festival today

Elizabeth Manning • October 5, 2011

Moundville Park is holding its annual Native American festival beginning today, with activities going on through Saturday. The park opens at 9 a.m. each morning and will close around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday...

Moundville offers summer internships for students

Jasmine Cannon • February 27, 2011

There are seven sites that compose The University of Alabama Museums. Some of them are on campus, such as the Gorgas House and the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Smith Hall. Others, such as the newly...

Moundville holds hunting, fishing program

Jaley Cranford • July 15, 2010

Around 16 miles from campus lies an archeological site teeming with more than a thousand years of history: Moundville. The University of Alabama Moundville Archeological Park includes nature trails, a...