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The Moundville Archaeological Park & Museum Called “The Big Apple of the 14th Century” by National Geographic, Moundville Archaeological Park was once the site of a powerful prehistoric community that, at its peak, was America’s largest city north of Mexico. Located on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the park preserves 326 acres where, 800 years ago, Mississippian Indians constructed 28 massive flat-topped earthen pyramids, arranged carefully around a vast central plaza. The si

Moundville Archaeological Park (previously Moundville State Monument and later Mound State Park) protects and interprets one of the largest prehistoric Native American settlements in the United States. The 185-acre site was built by early Native Americans around a large plaza that was artificially filled and leveled, with 29 mounds built around it. Mounds were constructed by piling up basket loads of soil dug from nearby "borrow" pits which today can be seen as small lakes dotting the landscape.

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