Poverty Point: Centre of Ancient America
The Ancients
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The Origins of Poverty Point in the US
Poverty Point was the largest community of native folks in North America or at least the US and Canada, roughly 34 to 3500 years ago. The site itself that we have under management today is 470 acres, but there is a ceremonial core of about 360 acres or so. So Poverty Point just proves that not only were hunters and gatherers doing it thousands of years ago, we're all capable of doing this, even with the sort of lifestyle.
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