New evidence suggests Poverty Point’s monumental mounds were created not by a ruling elite, but by egalitarian groups drawn together by shared ritual purpose. Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherer ...

A major new study challenges long-standing ideas about who built Poverty Point, one of the Americas’ oldest monuments, 3,500 years ago ...

When it comes to experts on the ancient cultures that once inhabited Louisiana, Diana Greenlee vies for the top of the list. She is the University of Monroe's station archaeologist at the Poverty ...

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—It had been previously thought that the Poverty Point earthworks in northeastern Louisiana were inhabited some 3,500 years ago by a complex, hierarchical society ruled as a ...

New discoveries by a ULM researcher at Poverty Point World Heritage Site are helping bring a deeper understanding about "the first truly monumental earthen site north of Mexico." Poverty Point, one of ...

DUTY SO THAT HE CAN RECOVER AT HOME. ALL RIGHT, SOME OF THE WORLD’S LEADING ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE IN NEW ORLEANS THIS WEEK FOR AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY IS HOSTING ITS ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Archaeologists have hit pay dirt at Poverty Point, La. Using a variety of advanced non-intrusive instruments, an Army Corps of Engineers team has for the first time geophysically ...

Analysis on four Poverty Point objects found that three were made from the same soil as is found about 18 feet below the surface of Poverty Point, Hormes said. The fourth object had a different ...

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 this: ...

Louisiana Highway 577, a road that winds through some of the most remote parts of Northeast Louisiana, offers more than just quaint scenery of open fields. But those familiar with the area realize the ...