Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point' has mentioned 'Ridge' in the following places:
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| [2] Located in the Southern United States, the site is 15.5 miles (24.9xc2xa0km) from the current flow of the Mississippi River,[3] and is situated on the edge of Macon Ridge, near the village of Epps in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. | WIKI |
| [7] The earthworks include six concentric, C-shaped ridges that extend to the edge of the Macon Ridge and several mounds outside and inside of the earthen ridges. | WIKI |
| Each ridge is separated from the next by a swale or gulley. | WIKI |
| The slightly rounded crest of each ridge varies from 50 xe2x80x93 80xc2xa0ft (15xe2x80x9325 m) in width. | WIKI |
| The approximate diameter of the outside ridge is three-quarters of a mile (1.2xc2xa0km), while the innermost ridge's diameter is about three-eighths of a mile (0.6xc2xa0km). | WIKI |
| Enclosed by the innermost concentric ridge and the eastern edge of Macon Ridge is a large, 37.5-acre (17.4 ha), plaza. | WIKI |
| Researchers suggest instead the reported lens represents a fine gray silt common to E horizon soils on the Macon Ridge and often found beneath mounds. | WIKI |
| Mound C is located inside the plaza area near the eastern edge of Macon Ridge. | WIKI |
| First, Coles Creek culture ceramics were recovered near Mound D. xc2xa0Second, Coles Creek culture ceramics were recovered 40xc2xa0cm below the ground surface near Mound D.[16] Third, optically stimulated luminescence analyses on soils beneath and within the mound, which determine the date the soils were last exposed to sunlight, are consistent with a Coles Creek culture mound constructed on top of a Poverty Point ridge. | WIKI |
| An exception is the 1980-1982 Louisiana State University excavations that explored a 16xc2xa0ft xc3x97xc2xa098xc2xa0ft (4.9xc2xa0m xc3x97xc2xa029.9xc2xa0m) trench placed on the Northwest Ridge 1. | WIKI |
| Archaeologist William Haag, who excavated at the site in the 1970s, interpreted the aisles that divide the ridge sectors as having astronomical significance aligned to the solstices. | WIKI |
| However, clay figurines are evenly distributed throughout the ridge system. | WIKI |
| [43] Based on the analysis of artifacts recovered from successive strata of ridge construction, there are clear changes in artifact styles through time. | WIKI |
| These research efforts include Sharon Goad's (1980xe2x80x931982) excavation trench on Northwest Ridge 1, Jon Gibson's (1983xe2x80x931995) excavations at numerous ridge locations across the site, Glen Greene's (1983xe2x80x931992) research on soil development and cultural landscaping of the site, and other archaeologists conducting limited site research. | WIKI |
| Michael Hargrave and Berle Clay conducted a large area geophysical survey from 2006 to 2012, using magnetic gradiometry and resistivity to investigate the plaza and ridge system. | WIKI |
| The site is located on the eastern edge of an elevated landform, Macon Ridge, in the Lower Mississippi Valley. | UNESCO |
| Today the ridge, which is about 7-9m higher than the adjacent lowlands to the east, overlooks and is abutted on its eastern side by the Bayou Maxd2xabon. | UNESCO |
| All the singular elements that make up the complex as they survive in shape and substance xe2x80x93 the mounds, the system of ridges and swales, the aisles, the plaza with the posthole circles, the causeway, the bisector ridge, the dock and the borrow areas xe2x80x93 as well as their spatial organisation in relation to the topography, illustrate the refined use of natural features and topography to create a designed monumental landscape. | UNESCO |