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» This article is about the US National Monument in the lower Mississippi valley; for the geographical feature in Massachusetts also called Poverty Point, see Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
Poverty Point is a prehistoric archeological site dating between 1650 – 700 BCE in northeastern
Louisiana, 15.5 miles from the current
Mississippi River on the edge of Maçon Ridge by the village of
Epps. The site is named after the plantation on which was discovered in 1873, when it was believed to be a natural formation. It wasn't discovered to be man-made until the
1950’s, when aerial-photographs revealed the complexity and complete pattern of the earthwork.
Earthwork's appearance
The site covers an area of roughly 400 acres. In the center of the site, there's a set of “six curved earthen ridges” On October 31, 1988 Poverty Point National Monument was created by
Congress, who expected the donation of the land for the
National Park Service. The land, however, never exchanged ownership from Louisiana to the national government; despite this fact, the site is counted amongst the 391 units of the National Park System.
Protection
The site is occasionally monitored by the National Historic Landmark program, which is concerned about the erosion of the mounds. Louisiana is working with the Vicksburg Corps of Engineers to develop a plan for
erosion control.
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