P4050844 On April 5, 2008, Kate, Aurora, and I went to Poverty Point National/State Historic Site in Louisiana. This was a short trip taken while we were down in Vicksburg, Mississippi for a weekend to visit the National Battlefield. This is one of the historical markers describing Poverty Point. P4050844
P4050845 A little while later, we managed to find the place, but we were still a few minutes early. The site had just recently been added as a National Historic Site, but the state mainly runs it. P4050845
P4050848 A couple description signs on why Poverty Point was here. P4050848
P4050853 This one shows the site if you could see it in cross section. P4050853
P4050854 A small mock up of what the site looked like back around 1600 B.C. P4050854
P4050855 Aurora was all bundled for the chilly morning, and she was having a decent time. P4050855
P4050856 More information about the mock up, and... P4050856
P4050857 ...another view of the mock up model. P4050857
P4050858 After watching the movie and checking out the rest of the visitor center stuff, we were the only people on the first tram ride of the day around the site. You are looking at one of the smaller mounds that around the 18th and 19th centuries were eroded into as wheel tracks from wagons cut through it. P4050858
P4050859 A look into the wooded area at some of the small ridges that made up the living area for the Native Americans. The ridges are very suttle, so one can barely make them out. The water settles in the lower portions between ridges. P4050859
P4050862 Another mound and again the top of it has had some erosion by wagon tracks. P4050862
P4050865 One view of the largest mound (Mound A) on the site. This was to eventually look like an eagle or bird from above. P4050865
P4050870-P4050875 A panoramic view of Mound A. The view is toward one of the wings of the bird. The lower portion to the right is the tail section of the bird. P4050870-P4050875
P4050881 A display on Ridge 1 of what one of the huts would have looked like. This is only the skeleton of the structure. P4050881
P4050883 Aurora eventually was getting sleepy. P4050883
P4050884 A look from the distance of one of the last mounds. This one may have been more of a burial mound. P4050884

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