Poverty Point

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National Historic Landmark UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site prehistoric earthwork complex

Poverty Point is a monumental Late Archaic-period earthwork complex in present-day northeastern Louisiana, renowned as one of North America’s most significant prehistoric indigenous archaeological sites.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Poverty Point canonical	1
Poverty Point World Heritage Site museum	1
Poverty Point culture	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Historic Landmark ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric earthwork complex ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces	1962 ⓘ
area	approximately 400 acres ⓘ
associatedWith	clay cooking balls ⓘ exotic lithic raw materials ⓘ microlithic tools ⓘ stone tool production ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
culture	Poverty Point self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Poverty Point culture
designatedNationalHistoricLandmark	1962 ⓘ
discoveredBy	Jacob Walter ⓘ
elevation	approximately 22 meters above Mississippi floodplain ⓘ
estimatedConstructionPeriod	circa 1700–1100 BCE ⓘ
firstDescribedInPublication	early 20th century ⓘ
hasPart	Mound A ⓘ Mound B ⓘ Mound E ⓘ borrow pits ⓘ causeway ⓘ concentric earthen ridges ⓘ plaza ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark U.S. National Monument ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception	Late Archaic period ⓘ
inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageList	2014 ⓘ
locatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States northeastern Louisiana ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	West Carroll Parish ⓘ surface form: West Carroll Parish, Louisiana
materialUsed	earth ⓘ loess ⓘ
namedAfter	Poverty Point Plantation ⓘ
nearestCity	Epps, Louisiana ⓘ
operatedBy	Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism ⓘ surface form: Louisiana Office of State Parks
partOf	Lower Mississippi River basin ⓘ surface form: Lower Mississippi Valley
region	Arkansas Delta region ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain
significantFor	Late Archaic earthwork construction ⓘ large-scale hunter-gatherer monumentality ⓘ prehistoric long-distance trade networks ⓘ
tradingPartnerRegion	Appalachian region ⓘ Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: Gulf Coast Ohio River basin ⓘ surface form: Ohio River Valley Ozark Plateau ⓘ surface form: Ozark Highlands
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
usedAs	ceremonial center ⓘ residential center ⓘ trade hub ⓘ
visitorCenter	Poverty Point self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Poverty Point World Heritage Site museum

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southeastern Woodlands → hasArchaeologicalSite → Poverty Point ⓘ

Poverty Point → culture → Poverty Point self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poverty Point culture

Poverty Point → visitorCenter → Poverty Point self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poverty Point World Heritage Site museum