Map of Alabama with stone mound sites marked with a star *. Most of the sites have multiple mounds.

The Ka-Do-Ha mound complex in Arkansas shows how excavations were often done in the 1800s and early 1900s: straight down from the top of a mound. They have about 7 open excavation pits.

The Battle of Mabila, Alabama in October of 1540 (unedited) from the 3rd edition of the Mound Encyclopedia. The 3rd edition will be released the end of this year or early next year.

Mound City in Marion, Arkansas, just across the Mississippi River from Memphis, is thought to be the town of Aquixo or Pacaha visited by de Soto in 1541.

The "Quafalorma," a very large pottery vessel dated to 400-600 AD. It was excavated from a mound in Bolivar County, Mississippi.

Tobacco was present in the Americas by 4000 BC (perhaps far earlier). By 1 BC tobacco was used by virtually all the tribes in the Americas.

The Tampa, Florida Giant Hoax from "Path of Souls" (2014). This is a really interesting story, but not all the "giant skeleton" reports made in the 1800s and early 1900s were fake, however.

This is a site I have never been to: Brown's Mount, Georgia. The stone wall described in the latter portion of the citation is intriguing. Anyone been there? As I edit the mound encyclopedia I'll post some of the more unusual mound entries in the 3rd Edition.

What do you notice? Bishop, California: a huge basalt outcropping covered with ancient petroglyphs. There’s far more to our prehistoric past in what we now call America than we’ve been told…

Pottery excavated from the mounds at Kolomoki, Georgia. The museum where they were displayed is temporarily closed as it goes through the NAGPRA process or evaluation. I suspect none of these will be displayed again.

Stone burial chamber at Kolomoki Mounds in Georgia after the mound above it was removed. This was the entry point into the site museum.

Brief video of the stone tomb located on the interior of the museum at Kolomoki Mounds in Georgia.

The Jeffers Mound in Worthington, Ohio. It was originally attached to to a large square earthwork with other mounds and a surrounding village area. It is dated to 100 BC - AD 400.

The excavation of the Bessemer, Alabama mounds by the TVA in the 1930s.

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Mounds along the Tennessee River near Florence, Alabama excavated by the TVA in the 1930s.

Pottery (500-800 years old) from Moundville, Alabama.

"Stepped square stacking pottery vessel" from Moundville, Alabama. It is about 700 years old.

A few of the mounds at Moundville, Alabama. The site dates to AD 1200.

More mounds at the 800-year old Moundville, Alabama mound complex.