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Why I recommend this place to visitors — 6 months ago
Worth visiting!
My husband and I went to the Moundville Archaeological Park on Memorial Day and we had such a good time! We hiked a nature trail which led to the Black Warrior River. We saw over twenty mounds which were built by the Mississippian Indians around A.D. 1000-1500. On top of these mounds or hills they built temples, council houses, and homes of the nobility. Around two dozen of the mounds are still in existence today. It was exciting to climb the tallest one (Mound V), which is over 60 feet tall and has around 80-90 steps. It is amazing to realize how much work went into these mounds. The Indians had to carry baskets of dirt at a time, dug from special areas, to create them. And they all have perfect dimensions!
There is so much history in this place that it is hard to capture it all in a paragraph ~ it is definitely a must-see!
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