Motorola, Inc.: Consumer telecommunications business: In 2012 Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Google then sold Motorola Mobility in 2014 to the Chinese computer company Lenovo for $2.91 billion but retained many of the company’s patents.

Motorola, Inc.: Consumer telecommunications business: Motorola Solutions, the business and government components, made two-way radios and bar code scanners and assembled computer networks. In 2012 Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Google then sold Motorola Mobility in 2014 to the Chinese computer company Lenovo for $2.91 billion but retained…

Motorola, Inc., American manufacturer and one of the historic brands of wireless communications and electronic systems. In 2011 it split into two companies: Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions. Its headquarters are located in Schaumburg, Illinois. The company was founded in 1928 in Chicago by

MS St. Louis, German ocean liner that gained international attention in May–June 1939 when Cuba, the United States, and Canada denied entry to its more than 900 Jewish passengers, most of whom had fled Nazi Germany. Ultimately, several European countries took the refugees, though 255 of the

drag racing: In addition to Parks, the Motorsports Hall of Fame in Daytona Beach, Florida, includes drag-racing inductees Don “Big Daddy” Garlits, Bob Glidden, Shirley Muldowney, and Don “The Snake” Prudhomme.

expressway, major arterial divided highway that features two or more traffic lanes in each direction, with opposing traffic separated by a median strip; elimination of grade crossings; controlled entries and exits; and advanced designs eliminating steep grades, sharp curves, and other hazards and

Motown, recording company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., in January 1959 that became one of the most successful Black-owned businesses and one of the most influential independent record companies in American history. The company gave its name to the hugely popular style of

Motown, recording company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., in January 1959 that became one of the most successful Black-owned businesses and one of the most influential independent record companies in American history. The company gave its name to the hugely popular style of

Berry Gordy: …later wrote the book for Motown: The Musical, which premiered on Broadway in 2013 and debuted in London’s West End in 2016.

history of publishing: Continental Europe and other countries: …publishing, Murayama Ryōhei (Asahi) and Motoyama Hikoichi (Mainichi). Motoyama took full control of the Mainichi in 1903 and three years later added the Tokyo Nichi-Nichi to his publishing empire.

Motril, city, Granada provincia (province), in Andalusia comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), southern Spain. It lies south of Granada city and just north of El Verdadero, its port on the Mediterranean Sea. Settled since Roman times, Motril flourished under the Moors and was united to

Jean-Paul Sartre: Early life and writings: …brilliant autobiography, Les Mots (1963; Words), narrates the adventures of the mother and child in the park as they went from group to group—in the vain hope of being accepted—then finally retreated to the sixth floor of their apartment “on the heights where (the) dreams dwell.” “The words” saved the…

Russian literature: Aleksandr Pushkin: …remarkable, Motsart i Salyeri (Mozart and Salieri), based on a legend that Salieri poisoned Mozart, meditates on the nature of creativity while introducing, in brilliantly compressed speeches, what was to be one of the important Russian themes—metaphysical rebellion against God.

Mozi was a Chinese philosopher whose fundamental doctrine of undifferentiated love (jianai) challenged Confucianism for several centuries and became the basis of a socioreligious movement known as Mohism. Born a few years after Confucius’s death, Mozi was raised in a period when the feudal

Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe is a South African businessman and the country’s first black billionaire. Motsepe made his fortune through mining interests that eventually expanded in 2004 to form a successful multifaceted mining company, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM). In spite of having grown up in the

tuberculosis: Other mycobacterial infections: …nontuberculosis mycobacteria, atypical mycobacteria, and mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT). This group includes such Mycobacterium species as M. avium (or M. avium-intracellulare), M. kansasii, M. marinum, and M. ulcerans. These bacilli have long been known to infect animals and

David Bowie: …producer on landmark albums from Mott the Hoople, Lou Reed, and Iggy and the Stooges remains a vital and often compelling index to a time it did its part to shape. Bowie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

Charles Stewart Mott was an American automotive industrialist and philanthropist. In 1900, when Mott started managing the Weston-Mott Co., his family’s bicycle-tire manufacturing firm in Utica, N.Y., he expanded the business by manufacturing wheels for automobiles as well as bicycles. As president

John R. Mott was an American Methodist layman and evangelist who shared the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1946 (with Emily Greene Balch) for his work in international church and missionary movements. Mott became student secretary of the International Committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association

John R. Mott was an American Methodist layman and evangelist who shared the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1946 (with Emily Greene Balch) for his work in international church and missionary movements. Mott became student secretary of the International Committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association

Lucretia Mott was a pioneer reformer who, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the organized women’s rights movement in the United States. Lucretia Coffin grew up in Boston, where she attended public school for two years in accordance with her father’s wish that she become familiar with the

Sir Nevill F. Mott was an English physicist who shared (with P.W. Anderson and J.H. Van Vleck of the United States) the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his independent researches on the magnetic and electrical properties of noncrystalline, or amorphous, semiconductors. Mott earned bachelor’s

Sir Nevill F. Mott was an English physicist who shared (with P.W. Anderson and J.H. Van Vleck of the United States) the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his independent researches on the magnetic and electrical properties of noncrystalline, or amorphous, semiconductors. Mott earned bachelor’s

Giuseppe Motta was a Swiss political leader, longtime head of the federal political department and five times president of the confederation. Between 1920 and 1940 he served as the chief Swiss delegate to the League of Nations. A lawyer of clerical and conservative leanings from the canton of

military technology: The motte-and-bailey castle: …organization and warfare was the motte-and-bailey castle, which appeared in the 10th and 11th centuries between the Rhine and Loire rivers and eventually spread to most of western Europe. The motte-and-bailey castle consisted of an elevated mound of earth, called the motte, which was crowned with a timber palisade and…

Affair of the Diamond Necklace: …part of an adventuress, the comtesse (countess) de La Motte, to procure, supposedly for Queen Marie-Antoinette but in reality for herself and her associates, a diamond necklace worth 1,600,000 livres. The necklace was the property of the Parisian firm of jewelers Boehmer and Bassenge, who had tried unsuccessfully to sell…

Antoine Watteau: Watteau’s Cythera.: …by an opéra ballet of Houdar de la Motte, La Vénitienne (1705), in which the invitation to the island of love includes not only the pilgrims of Cythera but also the stock characters of the commedia dell’arte—that is, both of the great themes that Watteau pursued all his life.

castle: …private fortress, known as the “motte [mound] and bailey” castle, spread throughout western Europe.

Ben Roy Mottelson was an American-Danish physicist who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize for Physics with Aage N. Bohr and James Rainwater for his work in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei and the reasons behind such asymmetries. Having taken his doctorate in theoretical

Ben Roy Mottelson was an American-Danish physicist who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize for Physics with Aage N. Bohr and James Rainwater for his work in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei and the reasons behind such asymmetries. Having taken his doctorate in theoretical

Sir Thomas Urquhart: Peter Anthony Motteux completed book iii (1693–94), as well as books iv and v (1708).

Sholem Asch: …1648, and Motke ganef (1916; Mottke, the Thief)—and the play Got fun nekome (1907; The God of Vengeance), about a Jewish brothel owner whose daughter has a lesbian relationship with one of her father’s prostitutes. The play was produced in Berlin by Max Reinhardt in 1910 but banned elsewhere. Asch…

Felix Mottl was an Austrian conductor known for his performances of the operas of Richard Wagner. Mottl studied at the Vienna Conservatory and took part in the Bayreuth festival in 1876, conducting Tristan and Isolde there in 1886. From 1881 to 1903 he directed the opera at Karlsruhe, which he

eucalyptus: Physical description: …inches) in diameter—are borne by mottlecah, or silverleaf eucalyptus (E. macrocarpa).

spurge: Major species: …Africa and mottled spurge (E. lactea) from the East Indies, both of which are grown as hedges in areas with a mild climate.

heraldry: Mottoes: Myths have grown around mottoes—time and again, a phrase or short sentence that began life as an inspiration or exhortation acquired a fantastic explanation. Most of those can be dismissed. Some mottoes are old war cries. Others are puns on the owner’s name or…

Mariah Carey: …a demo tape that led Tommy Mottola, an executive at Columbia Records, to sign her in 1988; the couple married in 1993. Her debut album, Mariah Carey (1990), showcased her incredible vocal range and blended several musical genres, including gospel, pop, and rhythm and blues (R&B). It was a huge…

mottramite, vanadate mineral (PbCu(VO4)(OH)) similar to descloizite

Melanesian languages: …Melanesian languages of note are Motu, in the form of Police Motu (a pidgin), used widely as a lingua franca in Papua New Guinea; Roviana, the language of the Methodist Mission in the Solomon Islands; Bambatana, a literary language used by the Methodists on Choiseul Island; Bugotu, a lingua franca…

motu proprio, (Latin: “on one’s own initiative”), in the Roman Catholic church, a papal document personally signed by the pope to signify his special interest in the subject, less formal than constitutions and carrying no papal seal. Its content may be instructional (e.g., on the use of

Modica, town, southeastern Sicily, Italy, at the confluence of two mountain torrents on the south margin of the Monti (mountains) Iblei, just south of Ragusa city. On the site of a Bronze Age (and perhaps Stone Age) fortress (c. 4000 bc), it emerged as Motyca, a town of the Siculi, an ancient

Mozi was a Chinese philosopher whose fundamental doctrine of undifferentiated love (jianai) challenged Confucianism for several centuries and became the basis of a socioreligious movement known as Mohism. Born a few years after Confucius’s death, Mozi was raised in a period when the feudal

Zimbabwe: 2008 elections and aftermath: …reach a consensus regarding the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to direct the terms and scope of the discussion, an agreement regarding a new power-sharing government did not progress as quickly. Meanwhile, Mugabe announced that he intended to convene parliament on August 26, 2008. This announcement was met with protest from…

mou, Chinese unit of land measurement that varies with location but is commonly 806.65 square yards (0.165 acre, or 666.5 square metres). Based on the chi, a unit of length after 1860 measuring 14.1 inches, the mou has been defined by customs treaty as 920.417 square yards. In ancient China, where

Mouanda, town, southeastern Gabon. Large manganese deposits were discovered near the town in 1938, and exploitation began in 1951; the reserves are estimated to be among the world’s largest. A consortium of American and French mining interests built a plant for producing manganese dioxides, as well

moucharaby, in Islamic or Islamic-influenced architecture, an oriel, or projecting second-story window of latticework. The moucharaby is a familiar feature of residences in cities of North Africa and the Middle East; in France, where it was introduced from colonial sources, it is known as

Guy de Maupassant: Apprenticeship with Flaubert: …see from a story like Mouche (1890; Fly) that the latter were more than merely boating expeditions and that the girls who accompanied Maupassant and his friends were usually prostitutes or prospective prostitutes. Indeed, there can be little doubt that the early years in Paris were the start of his…

French literature: Sartre: …such as Les Mouches (1943; The Flies) and Huis-Clos (1944; No Exit, also published as In Camera) and in the treatise L’Être et le néant (1943; Being and Nothingness). After Liberation, the writer and his ideas set the tone for a postwar generation that congregated in the cafés and cellar…

Carte du ciel: …plan, devised about 1887 by Amédée Mouchez, director of the Paris Observatory, involved the cooperation of 18 observatories located around the world in an attempt to photograph the entire sky on plates, each covering an area only 2° square. Technical advances in the 20th century allowed stellar positions to be…

medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), intervention used in the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), a condition characterized by addiction to opioid drugs. Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) can reduce opioid use and cravings, improve social functioning, and reduce the risk of death

Armistice of Mudros, (Oct. 30, 1918), pact signed at the port of Mudros, on the Aegean island of Lemnos, between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain (representing the Allied powers) marking the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I (1914–18). Under the terms of the armistice, the Ottomans

Lemnos: The second town is Moúdros, on the bay of the same name, one of the best natural harbours in the Aegean. There is a major airfield on the island.

Lemnos: The second town is Moúdros, on the bay of the same name, one of the best natural harbours in the Aegean. There is a major airfield on the island.

agonism: The Belgian political theorist Chantal Mouffe, on the other hand, arrived at agonism by taking issue with the normative presuppositions of contemporary liberalism, particularly American philosopher John Rawls’s idea that a “reasonable pluralism” is a sine qua non of a liberal democratic political order. According to Rawls, any liberal…

mouflon, (Ovis aries), small feral sheep (family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla) of Corsica and Sardinia (O. a. musimon) and of Cyprus (O. a. ophion). The mouflon stands about 70 cm (28 inches) at the shoulder and is brown with white underparts. The male has a light, saddle-shaped mark on its back and

Henri Mouhot was a French naturalist and explorer who alerted the West to the ruins of Angkor, the capital of the ancient Khmer civilization of Cambodia (Kampuchea). Mouhot went to Russia as a young professor of philology in the 1850s and traveled throughout Europe with his brother Charles,

Henri Mouhot was a French naturalist and explorer who alerted the West to the ruins of Angkor, the capital of the ancient Khmer civilization of Cambodia (Kampuchea). Mouhot went to Russia as a young professor of philology in the 1850s and traveled throughout Europe with his brother Charles,

Black Volta River, river in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), headstream of the Volta River in western Africa. It rises as the Baoulé in low hills in southwestern Burkina Faso near Bobo Dioulasso, and at the end of its course it empties into Lake Volta (in

Mouila, town, southwestern Gabon. It lies along the Ngounié River and on the road from Lambaréné to Pointe-Noire. The town is a trading centre in cassava, bananas, yams, groundnuts (peanuts), and corn (maize). Coffee and palm oil are important exports, and there is a cooperative palm-oil mill at

mullah, a Muslim title generally denoting “lord”; it is used in various parts of the Islāmic world as an honorific attached to the name of a king, sultan, or other noble (as in Morocco and other parts of North Africa) or of a scholar or religious leader (as in parts of the Middle East and the

mold, in manufacturing, a cavity or matrix in which a fluid or plastic substance is shaped into a desired finished product. A molten substance, such as metal, or a plastic substance is poured or forced into a mold and allowed to harden. Molds are made of a wide variety of materials, depending on

mold, in biology, a conspicuous mass of mycelium (masses of vegetative filaments, or hyphae) and fruiting structures produced by various fungi (kingdom Fungi). Fungi of the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Rhizopus form mold and are associated with food spoilage and plant

Hüsker Dü: The members were Bob Mould (b. October 12, 1960, Malone, New York, U.S.), Greg Norton (b. March 13, 1959, Rock Island, Illinois), and Grant Hart (in full Grantzberg Vernon Hart; b. March 18, 1961, St. Paul, Minnesota—d. September 13/14, 2017).

molding, in architecture and the decorative arts, a defining, transitional, or terminal element that contours or outlines the edges and surfaces on a projection or cavity, such as a cornice, architrave, capital, arch, base, or jamb. The surface of a molding is modeled with recesses and reliefs,

moulin, (French: “mill”), a nearly cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface. Postglacial evidence of a moulin, also called a glacial mill, is a giant kettle, or, more properly, a moulin pothole, scoured to great depth in the

Pablo Picasso: Discovery of Paris: In Moulin de la Galette (1900) he paid tribute to French artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and the Swiss Théophile Alexandre Steinlen as well as his Catalan compatriot Ramon Casas.

Western painting: Impressionism: …explore genre subjects such as Le Moulin de la galette (1876). In 1877 only 18 artists exhibited. The major painters began to go their separate ways, particularly as there were disputes about whether to continue with the independent exhibitions. Cézanne, who did not exhibit with the Impressionists again, was perhaps…

moulin: …kettle, or, more properly, a moulin pothole, scoured to great depth in the bedrock by the rocks and boulders transported by the falling water. A moulin pothole in Lucerne, Switz., was scoured to a depth of 8 m (27 feet). Although the process of formation is thought to be approximately…

Moulin Rouge, British dramatic film, released in 1952, that chronicles the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. José Ferrer’s performance as the legendary French artist was widely acclaimed. The John Huston-directed biopic traces the life and work of Toulouse-Lautrec as he worked in the bohemian

cabaret: …French cabaret entertainment was the Moulin Rouge, in Paris; established in 1889 as a dance hall, it featured a cabaret show in which the cancan was first performed and in which many major stars of variety and music hall later appeared. The world of the Moulin Rouge in its heyday…

cancan: …Cancan (1955); and Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! (2001).

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: The documenter of Montmartre: …1891 did his first poster, Moulin Rouge—La Goulue. This poster won Toulouse-Lautrec increasing fame. “My poster is pasted today on the walls of Paris,” the artist proudly declared. It was one of more than 30 he would create in the 10 years before his death. Posters afforded Toulouse-Lautrec the possibility…

Jean Moulin was a French civil servant and hero of the Résistance during World War II. After studying law at Montpellier, Moulin entered the civil service. In 1930 he became the youngest subprefect (in charge of an arrondissement) and in 1937 the youngest prefect (of the Eure-et-Loir département)

cane fencing: …one or more flourishes, or moulinets (French: “twirls”), which served to confuse an assailant and lent momentum to the cut. The thrusts were similar to those in foil fencing but often carried out with both hands grasping the stick, giving greater force and enabling the cane to be used at…

Moulins, town, Allier département, Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes région, central France. It lies northwest of Lyon and is situated on the right bank of the Allier River. The town’s 16th- to 17th-century Flamboyant Gothic cathedral of Notre-Dame houses the famous triptych by the 15th-century Dutch painter

Moulins faience, tin-glazed earthenware produced in Moulins, Fr., at first a slavish copy of the wares of nearby Nevers. It is distinguished only by its use of an iron red not found on Nevers ware. Later, Moulins showed more originality, especially in its ware decorated in Chinese style. Typical

Master of Moulins: …the Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Moulins. While the brittle draperies, explicit detail, and enamel-like colours of this work reveal the artist’s lifelong affinity for Flemish art (especially with that of Hugo van der Goes, under whom he may have studied), his style is unmistakably rooted in French artistic traditions, particularly…

biblical literature: French versions: …the end of that century Guyart des Moulins executed his Bible historiale. Both works served as the basis of future redactions, of which the Bible printed in Paris (date given variously as 1487, 1496, or 1498) by order of King Charles VIII is a good example.

Master of Moulins was an anonymous French painter and miniaturist, considered the most significant artist of the French school of International Gothic painting. His anonym derives from his most notable work, a triptych (c. 1498) in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Moulins. While the brittle

Michel de L’Hospital: …and in 1566 promoted the Ordonnance de Moulins, which went far to rectify many problems in judicial administration and also stipulated policies for the administration and centralization of the royal domain (crown lands). In September 1567 civil war broke out again, and Catherine lost confidence in L’Hospital’s policy of toleration.…

Mawlamyine, town, southeastern Myanmar (Burma). It is an important port on the Gulf of Martaban near the mouth of the Salween River. Mawlamyine was the chief town of British Burma from the Treaty of Yandabo (1826) until the annexation of Pegu in 1852. Sheltered by Bilugyun Island, it is approached

Moulouya River, chief river of northeastern Morocco. Rising in the High Atlas (Haut Atlas) mountains in central Morocco, it flows for 320 miles (515 km) northeastward through a semiarid valley to the Mediterranean Sea just west of the Algerian border. Although not navigable and of irregular volume,

molt, biological process of molting (moulting)—i.e., the shedding or casting off of an outer layer or covering and the formation of its replacement. Molting, which is regulated by hormones, occurs throughout the animal kingdom. It includes the shedding and replacement of horns, hair, skin, and

molt, biological process of molting (moulting)—i.e., the shedding or casting off of an outer layer or covering and the formation of its replacement. Molting, which is regulated by hormones, occurs throughout the animal kingdom. It includes the shedding and replacement of horns, hair, skin, and

bicycle: Basic types: …1963 by a British engineer, Alex Moulton. His design used a single large tube as its main horizontal member, and it featured small 16-inch- (41-cm-) diameter wheels and both front and rear suspension to overcome the harsh ride inherent in small wheels. Moulton’s concept was widely copied (but without his…

Wonder Woman: …for DC Comics by psychologist William Moulton Marston (under the pseudonym Charles Moulton) and artist Harry G. Peter. Wonder Woman first appeared in a backup story in All Star Comics no. 8 (December 1941) before receiving fuller treatment in Sensation Comics no. 1 (January 1942) and Wonder Woman no. 1…

Baptist: Growth in England and abroad: …date from the activity of Ebenezer Moulton, a Baptist immigrant from Massachusetts who organized a church in Nova Scotia in 1763. In Ontario the earliest Baptist churches were formed by loyalists who crossed the border after the American Revolution, while other churches were established by immigrant Baptists from Scotland and…

Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton was an American writer, critic, and hostess of the late 19th century, particularly influential through her literary salons in Boston and London. Louise Chandler was educated from 1854 to 1855 at Emma Willard’s Troy (New York) Female Seminary. In 1854 she published

solar system: Twentieth-century developments: Americans Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin and Forest Ray Moulton and later James Jeans and Harold Jeffreys of Great Britain developed variations on the idea that the planets were formed catastrophically—i.e., by a close encounter of the Sun with another star. The basis of this model was that material was drawn out…

Second Seminole War: They signed the Treaty of Moultrie Creek, which obligated the Seminoles to move to a reservation of four million acres in central Florida, with the U.S. government to provide monies and supplies to help in the relocation. The treaty also stipulated that white settlers could build roads and…

Fort Sumter National Monument: …established in 1948, also includes Fort Moultrie National Monument and covers 196 acres (79 hectares). Located on nearby Sullivan’s Island, Fort Moultrie was the site of an American victory against the British (June 28, 1776) in the American Revolution, when the fort was called Fort Sullivan; it was later renamed…

Santee-Wateree-Catawba river system: …connected by a navigable waterway, Lake Moultrie, and by the Cooper River to Charleston, S.C.

William Moultrie was an American general who resisted British incursions into the South during the American Revolution (1775–83). Elected to the provincial assembly of South Carolina (1752–62), Moultrie gained early military experience fighting against the Cherokee Indians. A member of the

Cameroon: Moving toward independence: …Populations Camerounaises; UPC), led by Felix-Roland Moumie and Reuben Um Nyobe, demanded a thorough break with France and the establishment of a socialist economy. French officials suppressed the UPC, leading to a bitter civil war, while encouraging alternative political leaders. On January 1, 1960, independence was granted. In elections held…

Mounana, town, southeastern Gabon. It lies along the road from Lastoursville to Franceville. Uranium was discovered in the locality in 1956, exploitation began in 1961, and in 1968 mining changed from quarry to underground. The ore, which is of a superior grade, is sold to France for processing,

megapode, (family Megapodiidae), any of 12 species of Australasian chickenlike birds (order Galliformes) that bury their eggs to hatch them. Most species rely on fermenting plant matter to produce heat for incubation, but some use solar heat and others the heat produced by volcanic action.

Hopewell culture, notable ancient Indian culture of the east-central area of North America. It flourished from about 200 bce to 500 ce chiefly in what is now southern Ohio, with related groups in Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and New York. The name is derived

Meridel Le Sueur: …the nonfiction Conquistadores (1973) and The Mound Builders (1974); Rites of Ancient Ripening (1975; poetry); Harvest: Collected Stories (1977); and Ripening: Selected Work, 1927–80 (1982).

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, cultural history site encompassing several groups of monumental earthworks of the Hopewell culture, dating between 200 bce and 500 ce, in south-central Ohio, U.S. The park was established as a national monument in 1923; it has undergone substantial

Moundville Archaeological Park, habitation site (from ad 1000 to 1450) of Native American farmers and pottery makers, near Moundville, western Alabama, U.S. It lies on a plain above the Black Warrior River, 14 miles (23 km) south of Tuscaloosa. Archaeological excavations date from the mid-19th