Major early excavations at Moundville include those by Clarence Moore in 1905-1906, and the Alabama Museum of Natural History in the 1930s. Moundville was extensively studied by the University of Alabama between 1989 and 1998 under the direction of Vernon J. Knight, Jr. Christopher Peebles and colleagues in the 1970s and 1980s explored the sociopolitical basis for Moundville, identifying and describing Moundville as a complex chiefdom.
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This glossary entry is a part of the About.com guide to the Mississippian Culture, and the Dictionary of Archaeology.
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