Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
World Heritage
USA
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The Poverty Point Monumental Works are named for the 19th-century plantation adjacent to the site, which is located on slightly elevated, narrow terrain in the lower Mississippi River valley. The complex consists of five mounds, six concentric semi-elliptical ridges separated by shallow depressions, and a central plaza. It was built by a group of hunter-gatherers for residential and ceremonial purposes between 3,700 and 3,100 years ago. It is a remarkable achievement in North American earthen architecture, unmatched for at least 2,000 years.
# Mound
# Monumental civil engineering
# 19th Century Plantation
# Lower Mississippi River
# Hunter-gatherer
# Earthen buildings in North America
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