I visited the show recently and I was very impressed by the knowledge my guide, Jonathan Cain exhibited. I knew that the Tennessee Valley Art Center had a docent program and now I can say I've experienced the richness that this program provides to the museum experience.
The exhibit is a collection of native Southeastern artifacts from the late Woodland and Mississippian periods (c.1000 B.C. - 800 A.D.). One of the highlights of the show is the oldest intact fiber tempered ceramic pot ever discovered in Alabama. It was actually discovered in the Shoals area.
There are several fine pottery pieces, collections of arrow and spear tips, hand carved beads and a number of three-dimensional dioramas depicting typical village life during the periods when objects in the show would have been used.
The piece I found most interesting in the show was a ceremonial stone axe carved from a single piece of stone. It was really beautiful and I found it amazing that something so sophisticated could have been crafted with such rudimentary tools.
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