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Black Warrior River

The Black Warrior River is a river of west-central Alabama in the United States, flowing past Tuscaloosa to join the Tombigbee. Its name translates that of the Muscogean chief Tuskaloosa. Its fertile valley supported the Mississippian chiefdom centred at Moundville, one of the largest mound sites in North America, between about 1120 and 1450.

Black Warrior River
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Moundville chiefdom

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Black Warrior River. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/black-warrior-river
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“Black Warrior River.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/black-warrior-river. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Black Warrior River.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/black-warrior-river.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Black Warrior River’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/black-warrior-river (Accessed: ).

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