
Alabama city destroying ancient Indian mound for Sam&rsquo;s Clubsouthernstudies.org
City lead&shy;ers in Oxford, Ala. have approved the destruc&shy;tion of a 1,500-year-old Native Amer&shy;i&shy;can cer&shy;e&shy;mo&shy;ni&shy;al mound and are using the dirt as fill for a new Sam&rsquo;s Club, a retail ware&shy;house store&nbsp;operated by Wal-Mart.{C}A&nbsp;University of Alabama archaeology report&nbsp;commissioned by the city found that the site was historically significant as the largest of several ancient stone and earthen mounds throughout the Choccolocco Valley. ButOxford Mayor Leon Smith &mdash; whose campaign has financial connections to firms involved in the $2.6 million no-bid project &mdash; insists the mound is not man-made and was&nbsp;used only to &ldquo;send smoke signals.&rdquo;&nbsp;[&hellip;]
