Poverty Point Artifacts

Poverty Point Artifacts (HM22UB)

Location: Pioneer, LA 71266 West Carroll Parish
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 38.152', W 91° 24.218'

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—Poverty Point World Heritage Site —

The artifacts found at Poverty Point and related sites are incredibly diverse and sophisticated. The majority of objects are of stone or fired earth (ceramic). This is because the acidic soils at the site do not preserve bone or wood, so very few of these artifacts remain. Through the trade network, the people of Poverty Point were able to acquire enough stone to produce a stunning array of utilitarian and decorative items. Our artifact collections include Late Archaic spear points, atlatl weights and gorgets, beads and pendants, Poverty Point Objects, plummets, and more. Below are just a few of the artifact types found here.

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These look like arrowheads, but they are spear points. Many were repurposed as knives, scrapers, and drills.

Atlatl weights (part of a spear-throwing system) and gorgets (wearable ornaments)
are found in a variety of shapes, sizes, and stone types.

Most beads are made of chert, but rare copper, steatite, and galena beads have been found at Poverty Point.

Right, top-to-bottom:
Red jasper "pot-bellied" owl pendants are a classic Poverty Point artifact. Although few in number, they have been discovered across the South, from Louisiana to Florida.

These fired-earth cooking balls, called Poverty Point
Objects (PPOs), come in
several forms. Here are melon-grooved, biconical, cylindrical-grooved, and cross-grooved PPOs.

These teardrop-shaped artifacts are called plummets. Most are made of heavy iron-ore, such as hematite or magnetite. They may have been used as weights for fishing nets or looms.
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HM NumberHM22UB
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Placed ByThe State of Louisiana
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Date Added Monday, November 13th, 2017 at 10:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 649743 N 3612045
Decimal Degrees32.63586667, -91.40363333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 38.152', W 91° 24.218'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 38' 9.1200000000001" N, 91° 24' 13.08" W
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Area Code(s)318
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 6859 LA-577, Pioneer LA 71266, US
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