The New York Times Agency Photos

ALA ENDANGERED MOUND 2

ALA ENDANGERED MOUND 2

Harry O. Holstein, an archaeology professor in Oxford, Ala. on March 4, 2010. Holstein tried to protect a stone mound that he concluded was built by American Indians atop a hill more than a thousand years ago. (Bob Farley/The New York Times)

1-888-NYT-PHOTO