The 2,700-acre Poverty Point Reservoir, built in 2001, is encircled by state park boat launches, picnic areas and cabins ...

Hidden in the rural stretches of northeastern Louisiana is one of the United States’ oldest archaeological sites. Poverty Point, a prehistoric earthwork built over 3,000 years ago, continues to puzzle ...

Polished stone tools, such as these plummets, used as weights for fishing nets, were made circa 1500 B.C. at Poverty Point. For summer vacation two years ago, Jackie and I determined to travel to ...

Pre Poverty Point -- Paleoindians -- Lower Jackson Mound -- The City of Poverty Point -- Mound B -- Mound E -- The slough -- The plaza and ridges -- Circles -- Mound A -- Mound C -- Mound F -- The ...