<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Moundville, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is one of the largest pre-Columbian mound sites in North America. Comprising twenty-nine earthen mounds that were once platforms for chiefly residences and public buildings, Moundville was a major political and religious center for the people living in its region and for the wider Mississippian world. A much-needed synthesis of the rapidly expanding archaeological work that has taken place in the region over the past two decades, this volume presents the results of multifaceted research and new excavations. Using models deeply rooted in local ethnohistory, it ties Moundville and its people more closely than before to the ethnography of native southerners and emphasizes the role of social memory, iconography, and ritual practices both at the mound center and in the rural hinterland, providing an up-to-date and refreshingly nuanced interpretation of Mississippian culture. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Fascinating. . . . Highly recommended."--<i><b>Choice</i></b> "A very important contribution to the understanding of a great Native American center that brings fresh insights to a field of research that has troubled scholars for many decades."--<i><b>American Archaeology </i></b> "We need to theorize the mounds, mound-builders, and moundvilles of North America more effectively. Better historical contextualizations, as seen in . . . Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland are the beginning."--<i><b>Antiquity </i></b> "For Southeastern archaeologists the Rethinking Moundville volume will be a necessary addition to their bookshelves. . . . Long overdue."--<i><b>Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology</i></b> "A major publication in Southeastern archaeology. It not only summarizes two decades of work by multiple researchers, but also marshals that large body of work into a coherent argument that leads convincingly to a new interpretation of one of the region's most thoroughly studied sites."--<i><b>Mississippi Archaeology</i></b><br>