Located in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana, sits a prehistoric earthwork known as Poverty Point. The earthworks of Poverty Point consist of six C-shaped ridges that extend to the ...

Mound A at Poverty Point World Heritage Site is the largest mound at the site. Located just west of the enclosure of ridges, mound A, which stands more than 70-feet high and measures 640-feet ...

This earthworks complex was built and occupied by Native American Indians from about 1700 to 1100 BCE in what is today northeast Louisiana. Some archeologists refer to Poverty Point as the "New ...

For those in Shreveport planning a trip, a stop at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum can be a good way to see how it once was. It has a diorama of Poverty Point depicting the time around 1500 B.C ...

Tell us a little about yourself. I have been the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s station archaeologist at the Poverty Point site since 2006. I work with Office of State Parks staff to ...

The sunsets at this Northeast Louisiana lake are amazing. And the best place to watch is from the back porch of one of the cabins that sit above the water on the shoreline of the Poverty Point Res ...

WEST CARROLL PARISH — U.S. National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis didn't hesitate when asked about the significance of Poverty Point's inclusion as a World Heritage Site. "This changes ...

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Located in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana, sits a prehistoric earthwork known as Poverty Point. The earthworks of Poverty Point consist of six C-shaped ridges that extend to the ...

Here's something to think about: When King Tut and Queen Nefertiti each ruled over Egypt, a culture thrived among a series of mounds in a region that would become known as Louisiana. Now ponder ...