Native American Mounds in Alabama: An Illustrated Guide to Public Sites, Revised - Paperback

by Gregory L. Little (Author), Carol Hicks (Illustrator)

Alabama once had thousands of mounds built by the ancestors of modern Native American tribes as long ago as 5,000 years. In this full-color guidebook, 23 public and ancient Indian mound sites, stonewall sites, and museums devoted to the mound builders are detailed along with details on 23 other sites and numerous smaller mound sites. The locations and other pertinent details are presented in an alphabetical order along with a map showing all of the public sites. The book also includes detailed site maps of several locations where hundreds of stone mounds and stone walls constructed by ancient Native Americans are found. This revised version of the book contains input and commentary from several prominent Alabama archaeologists and has over 100 photos, maps, and illustrations. Several new artistic site reconstruction illustrations are included in the book consisting of the Bessemer Mounds, Bottle Creek Mounds, Buttahatchee Mounds in Hamilton, Collinsville Mound, Florence Mound, Moundville, and the Skeleton Mountain Snake Effigy.

Author Biography

Dr. Gregory Little is the author of "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks," "Path of Souls," "Ancient South America," and a host of other books on native American history. He has a masters degree in psychology and a doctorate in counseling and educational psychology from Memphis State University and is part Seneca. He has appeared in numerous documentaries on the History Channel, National Geographic, The Learning Channel, MSNBC, SyFy, and other networks. He is a frequent radio show guest and has published over 1,000 articles in a variety of fields.