Vernon James Knight

Identifies town site locations and clarifies entries from the earliest documents and maps of explorers in Alabama

The Search for Mabila describes one of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America, which was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa.

Builds on dialogues opened in recent years between Cuban archaeologists, whose work has long been carried out behind closed doors, and their international colleagues

“For those interested in De Soto and his expedition, these volumes are an absolute necessity.” —The Hispanic American Historical Review

This work is a state-of-the-art, data-rich study of excavations undertaken at the Moundville site in west central Alabama, one of the largest and most complex of the mound sites of pre-contact North America.