New archaeological research challenges long-held assumptions about why ancient hunter-gatherers built the monumental earthworks at Poverty Point in Louisiana some 3,500 years ago. Rather than serving ...
It had been previously thought that the Poverty Point earthworks in northeastern Louisiana were inhabited some 3,500 years ...
Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers began building massive earthwork mounds along the Mississippi River at Poverty Point, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northeast Louisiana. "Conservatively, they ...
Pre Poverty Point -- Paleoindians -- Lower Jackson Mound -- The City of Poverty Point -- Mound B -- Mound E -- The slough -- The plaza and ridges -- Circles -- Mound A -- Mound C -- Mound F -- The ...
Aerial view of Mound A at the Poverty Point site. Credit: Jennifer R. Trotter / Wikimedia Commons About 3,500 years ago, in a bend of the Mississippi River in what is now northeastern Louisiana, ...