Moundville Lithic Arts Festival Set For Early March

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The University of Alabama says the Moundville Archaeological Park will host the Moundville Lithic Arts Festival on March 6-7.

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Formerly known as the Knap-In, the two-day festival will feature live flintknapping demonstrations, traditional and Native arts and tools, Native food vendors, educational activities focused on the natural world and opportunities for visitors to play the traditional game of chunkey.

A live flintknapping workshop for UA students will be held that Saturday, with participants learning to craft stone tools.

Registration is required for the free workshop.

“The festival offers visitors a chance to see how stone tools were made and used for thousands of years while engaging directly with living traditions,” said Jessica Dees, education outreach coordinator at Moundville Archaeological Park. “The descendants of Moundville are part of many living and thriving Indigenous cultures that continue traditional arts today.”

The festival is open to all ages and is free with paid park admission.

Admission costs $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and $6 for students and military members.

Admission is free for Native American visitors with tribal membership cards, UA Museums members, Bryant Museum Circle of Champions members and children younger than 5.

Festival hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, rain or shine.

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