🏛️ Poverty Point

United States · Americas · Cultural · 32.63°N, 91.41°W

Poverty Point State Historic Site/Poverty Point National Monument is a prehistoric earthwork constructed by the Poverty Point culture, located in present-day northeastern Louisiana. Evidence of the Poverty Point culture extends throughout much of the Southeastern Woodlands of the Southern United States. The culture extended more than 100 miles (160 km) laterally across the Mississippi Delta and an even greater distance southward to the Gulf Coast, with related or satellite cultures found further afield.

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	32.63°N, 91.41°W · view on map

Poverty Point is a cultural World Heritage site in United States, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Poverty Point was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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