A University of Alabama archaeologist has contradicted a report he signed last year claiming a stone mound in Oxford was likely made by humans about 1,000 years ago. The Anniston Star reports that Robert Clouse told the Oxford city council Tuesday that erosion and other natural forces likely created the mound. Clouse heads the Office of Archaeological Research at the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama Museums. Clouse was answering questions about the mound behind the Oxford Exchange and the apparent removal of another mound at the historic Davis Farm site. [...]