I have also come to appreciate the engineering skills of the people who built Poverty Point. That the earthworks have survived more than 3,000 years of whatever Mother Nature could bring, more than ...

Situated in Louisiana, this 3,500-year-old monument has been the subject of numerous studies, but a recent breakthrough is shaking up longstanding theories. New research suggests that Poverty Point ...

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 ...

Hunter-gatherers at Poverty Point may have built its massive earthworks not under the command of chiefs, but as part of a vast, temporary gathering of egalitarian communities seeking spiritual harmony ...

When it comes to experts on the ancient cultures that once inhabited Louisiana, Diana Greenlee vies for the top of the list. She is the University of Monroe's station archaeologist at the Poverty ...