Dr. Phillips, you and this show series are a Treasure to the people and the state of Alabama ! Thank you for all the work you and your team have done over the years and continue to do, further educating people like myself on every aspect of history about Alabama. - Alan Fendley McCalla
So many lives and stories played out here, most of which is lost to time. As a student watching this for Archaeology class, I find this incredibly fascinating! Thank you!
As an aside, an historical plaque in the park in Florala, Alabama on Lake Jackson reads: "Lake Jackson. Andrew Jackson in Seminole War with an army of 1200 troops camped here in May, 1818 enroute westward from Fort Gadsden to subdue maurading Indians abetted by the Spanish at Pensacola. Jackson determined to seize Pensacola and thus altered the course of history on this continent". When I read this plaque it occured to me that that was the kind of Indian I would have wanted to be. A Marauding Indian.
just wish other people here respected it. Love the history but not a fan of our culture. Every highway from Birmingham all the way to montgomery is absolutely covered with litter.
The mounds go all the way up to Mound Minnesota! I visited Cahokia for the first time this year. I was blown away! Monks Mound is so large that when I photographed it I couldn’t make out the people on the top. They are so small in comparison! These were clearly not an uncivilized people! They spanned through the whole US East of the Rockies.
My first guess about those mounds is that it is smarter to build higher up so that your building doesn't get as wet and so that you can see out over your land or crops better. If the lower land was for crops, the houses being so close by might help deter wildlife grazing at night. Dogs on top of the mounds could also see better from higher up.
I wonder why you haven't mentioned the Indian burial mound in Lillian Alabama. Do you not know of the mound or you just don't want people to know about it. I do know that it is on forever wild land and it was on the Lillian swamp hunting club.
What About The Mound(s) Of Lamar County, Alabama Near The City Of Vernon. It is located near Hells Creek and near the Hightogy Community. Carl M. Thornton Lamar County, Alabama, USA...
Also there is a Mound in the Moscow Community in Lamar County, Alabama Near the City Of Sulligent. This Mound is/was located near Bogue Creek. Carl M. Thornton Lamar County, Alabama, USA...
At six and a half minutes they start talking about when people immigrated to America you're only off by a order of magnitude You say 13, 000 well it's actually a 130,000 years 🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡🤬🤬"Humans in California 130,000 Years Ago? Get the Facts" api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/culture/article/mastodons-americas-peopling-migrations-archaeology-science
@@kevinmoore9084 No...they stated that people had been in America for many Thousands of years. Their statement was about the earliest people immigrating to the Southeast and specifically the Alabama area.
Indian mounds in south Alabama and Northwest Florida were simple to survive storm surg and Indian mound more north were near rivers so they had to avoid floods I never went to college but damn even I can understand that do you really think Americans are stupid.
I have visited Moundville twice and really enjoyed the experience. It is a must-see for anyone visiting the area. Thanks!
I believe that there are mounds over here in downtown Decatur Alabama, right near the river.
Fascinating history, thanks for posting.
Dr. Phillips, you and this show series are a Treasure to the people and the state of Alabama !
Thank you for all the work you and your team have done over the years and continue to do, further educating people like myself on every aspect of history about Alabama.
- Alan Fendley
McCalla
So many lives and stories played out here, most of which is lost to time. As a student watching this for Archaeology class, I find this incredibly fascinating! Thank you!
Thank you for educating people on this subject. There were also mounds along the Tennessee river in Guntersville area and others I’m sure.
That's my people
Way to go Dr Phillips ....
One of the best episodes of Discovering Alabama
Thank you for this uploading truly amazing
As an aside, an historical plaque in the park in Florala, Alabama on Lake Jackson reads:
"Lake Jackson. Andrew Jackson in Seminole War with an army of 1200 troops camped here in May, 1818 enroute westward from Fort Gadsden to subdue maurading Indians abetted by the Spanish at Pensacola. Jackson determined to seize Pensacola and thus altered the course of history on this continent".
When I read this plaque it occured to me that that was the kind of Indian I would have wanted to be. A Marauding Indian.
I am from Fort Walton Beach Fl. There is a burial mound right in Downtown.
I've lived in AL 40 yrs & did not know this. THANK YOU❗️
What a wonderfully thoughtful episode.
I love our states history. ❤️ Roll Tide
just wish other people here respected it. Love the history but not a fan of our culture. Every highway from Birmingham all the way to montgomery is absolutely covered with litter.
Do you know how many mounds are under water from building lakes. Greed came before history.
@@hHarVv. Yes they respected it so much 99 percent of those mounds are under water from building lakes. Greed before history.
The mounds go all the way up to Mound Minnesota! I visited Cahokia for the first time this year. I was blown away! Monks Mound is so large that when I photographed it I couldn’t make out the people on the top. They are so small in comparison! These were clearly not an uncivilized people! They spanned through the whole US East of the Rockies.
Cahokia is on my bucket list. I have visited many mound sites in the Southeast, but I can't wait to see Cahokia.
There are two such mounds near Vernon, Alabama in Lamar County.
"Development is definitely done at the peril of the past." Matthew Gage 9:31
Very Good! 2nd Watch...
This video inspired my book, Breaking Dawn by M. E. Carlisle (Amazon/Kindle, paperback).
I found a mound in Stockton that isnt on the registry. Its on the management land here in Stockton.
My first guess about those mounds is that it is smarter to build higher up so that your building doesn't get as wet and so that you can see out over your land or crops better. If the lower land was for crops, the houses being so close by might help deter wildlife grazing at night. Dogs on top of the mounds could also see better from higher up.
Also it’s much cooler and more of a breeze just 20 -30 feet off the ground .
12:03 PLEASE tell me that kid is not carrying some pesticide applicator. 😨 Maybe it's just water for screening sand for objects. 😬
Well if you ever start excavating the Hamilton mounds let me know since I live in Hamilton because I would be more than willing to volunteer.
You should get in contact with the UA school of archeology, they can put you in contact with the right people if you're serious.
I wonder if the railroad companies also destroyed the artifacts found inside the mounds?
I know where some Indian mounds are at in Winston county Alabama off of HWY 5.
What about the snake effigies on Skeleton Mountain, and throughout the Choccolocco mountain range?
I Don't know about Skeleton Mountain but I have found other Snake Effigies around different places in Alabama
I was there the other day.
Mounds under tue ten river west of waterloo as well
And east to.
Why is Moundville so perfectly maintained and all the others are mostly destroyed
I wonder why you haven't mentioned the Indian burial mound in Lillian Alabama. Do you not know of the mound or you just don't want people to know about it. I do know that it is on forever wild land and it was on the Lillian swamp hunting club.
What About The Mound(s) Of Lamar County, Alabama Near The City Of Vernon. It is located near Hells Creek and near the Hightogy Community. Carl M. Thornton Lamar County, Alabama, USA...
Also there is a Mound in the Moscow Community in Lamar County, Alabama Near the City Of Sulligent. This Mound is/was located near Bogue Creek. Carl M. Thornton Lamar County, Alabama, USA...
A new discovery may ne coming soon!
Where abouts? Id keep anything i knew away from mainstream archeologists. They have a reputation for making repops and selling the original pieces
@@brittneyworley2744 I've possibly located a indian mound unknow and unexplored....all I'm saying for now.
At six and a half minutes they start talking about when people immigrated to America you're only off by a order of magnitude
You say 13, 000 well it's actually a 130,000 years 🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡🤬🤬"Humans in California 130,000 Years Ago? Get the Facts" api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/culture/article/mastodons-americas-peopling-migrations-archaeology-science
@@kevinmoore9084 No...they stated that people had been in America for many Thousands of years.
Their statement was about the earliest people immigrating to the Southeast and specifically the Alabama area.
@@bubbag9952 i know where a large complex is that has never before been explored as well. East central Alabama
They buried body in shell mounds to because the shells protect the bones.
The Indian legends say they were there when thru arrived
They was darker
Indian mounds in south Alabama and Northwest Florida were simple to survive storm surg and Indian mound more north were near rivers so they had to avoid floods I never went to college but damn even I can understand that do you really think Americans are stupid.
And the corps buried them under water. Greed before history.
2K years? It goes further back. The mounds were built by light skinned read haired 8 to 12 foot peoples.
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And the imaginary white hobbits make their appearance again 😂
Twelve thousand years we've been here a lot longer than that we were here when the white red heads came
Lebron built the mounds
Indians and Native Americans are not the same. The Indians are the indigenous Americans not the NA.
Moundville is too obvious looking . I think it was made by modern people as a replica
I think the mounds in moundville are fake and we’re made by some professionals that wanted a site to study and raise money
May I ask why you think that. I won’t argue I just want to know what you know
@skateboardHe doesn't know sh*t.ist1686