Description of mound topographic maps (raster images) in folder VJK-2010
[All images are scans of large field maps produced by Vernon J. Knight, Jr., between 1989 and 1996.  Re-drafted versions published in Vernon J. Knight, Jr. (2010), Mound Excavations at Moundville: Architecture, Elites, and Social Order, University of Alabama Press.]


Mound E
Topography: 50 cm contours digitized from a field map produced with plane table and alidade by Vernon J. Knight, Jr., in 1993.  
Lowest contour: 48.5 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 (0R0) is at UTM 441,178.57 E, 3,652,052.34 N (zone 16).
Local grid is rotated 5.59 degrees counterclockwise relative to UTM grid.

