—Poverty Point World Heritage Site —

Clovis and other spear point types typical of the Paleoindian period are found at Poverty Point and at other sites on Macon Ridge. They are scattered, as if the people were highly mobile, only stopping briefly as they moved across the landscape. Once thought of as big game hunters, Paleoindians are now believed to have been hunter-gatherers who used a variety of foods.

During the Early and Middle Archaic periods,
people were "settling in" to their environment. They
moved less frequently, often returning to the same
sites on a seasonal basis. Their tool kits became more
complex, as they added tools to perform a greater
number of special tasks. Decorative items like drilled
polished stone beads made their first appearance.

The Middle Archaic period is also known for the
first earthen constructions. Lower Jackson Mound
(south of Poverty Point), the LSU Campus mounds,
and the famous Watson Brake earthwork complex
are Middle Archaic mounds that were built long
before Poverty Point.

It would be natural to think that Poverty Point is the
magnificent outcome of millenia of continuous
moundbuilding practice. However, people had
stopped building mounds about 1,000 years before
they restarted with Poverty Point's Mound B.

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Peopling of the Americas
Poverty Point Artifacts
Poverty Point World Heritage Site
This is Poverty Point
After Poverty Point
The Poverty Point Landscape
Poverty Point Earthworks
Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
Poverty Point State Historic Site
Poverty Point Earthworks

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