Lawrence A. Clayton

Lawrence A. Clayton is professor emeritus of History at the University of Alabama and author of Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas and coauthor of The History of Modern Latin America.

Vernon James Knight is professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Alabama and author of The Search for Mabila: The Decisive Battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa and Mound Excavations at Moundville.

Edward C. Moore was assistant director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the University of Alabama System.