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Poverty Point State Historic Site

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Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Phone:
+1 888-926-5492

Address:
6859 Louisiana 577, Epps, LA 71232

Poverty Point State Historic Site is a prehistoric earthworks of the Poverty Point culture, located in present-day northeastern Louisiana. It has been designated as a U.S. National Monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in the Southern United States, it is 15.5 miles from the current Mississippi River, and situated on the edge of Maçon Ridge, near the village of Epps in West Carroll Parish. Poverty Point comprises several earthworks and mounds, built between 1650 and 700 BC during the Archaic period in North America, by a group of Native Americans of the Poverty Point culture. The culture extended 100 miles across the Mississippi Delta. The original purposes of Poverty Point have not been determined by archaeologists, although they have proposed various possibilities, including that it was a settlement, a trading center, and/or a ceremonial religious complex. The 910-acre site, which has been described as the largest and most complex Late Archaic earthwork occupation and ceremonial site yet found in North America is a registered National Monument. The monument was brought to the attention of archaeologists in the early 20th century, when it was given the name of Poverty Point after a nearby plantation. Since then, various professional excavations have taken place at the site. Scholars have advanced various theories regarding the purpose of the mound site, including religious and ceremonial. Other writers have proposed pseudo-archaeological and New Age associations. The complex attracts many tourists as a destination.
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