Description of mound topographic maps (raster images) in folder VJK-2010
[All images from Vernon J. Knight, Jr. (2010), Mound Excavations at Moundville: Architecture, Elites, and Social Order, University of Alabama Press.]


Mound E [Knight 2010: Figure 5.2.]
Topography: 50 cm contours based on a field map produced with plane table and alidade by Vernon J. Knight, Jr., in 1993.  
Lowest contour: 42.5 m amsl.
Highest contour: 53 m amsl.
Positioning: based on a total-station survey conducted by RLA staff in February 2006, which determined the location and orientation of the local grid.  
Local datum (0 R 0) is at UTM 441,178.57 E, 3,652,052.34 N (zone 16).
Local grid is rotated 5.6 degrees counterclockwise relative to UTM grid.

