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Poverty Point - Revealing the Forgotten City (Hardcover)
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Poverty Point - Revealing the Forgotten City (Hardcover)
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The settlement of Poverty Point, occupied from about 1700 to 1100
BC and once the largest city in North America, stretches across 345
acres in northeastern Louisiana. The structural remains of this
ancient site-its earthen mounds, semicircular ridges, and vacant
plaza-intrigue visitors as a place of artistic inspiration as well
as an archaeological puzzle. Poverty Point: Revealing the Forgotten
City delves his enduring piece of Louisiana's cultural heritage
through personal introspection and scientific exploration. With
stunning black and white photography by Jenny Ellerbe and
engrossing text by archaeologist Diana M. Greenlee, this
imaginative and informative book explores in full Poverty Point's
Late Archaic culture and its monumental achievements. Ellerbe's
landscapes and commentary reflect the questions and mysteries
inspired by her many visits to the site, and Greenlee delves into
the most recent archaeological findings, explaining what past
excavations have revealed about the work involved in creating its
mounds and the lives of the people who built them. The conversation
between artist and archaeologist also presents some of the
still-unanswered questions about this place: What was the city's
function in the ancient world? How did its people acquire their
stone materials, some of which originated over a thousand miles
from Poverty Point? Recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site
in 2014, Poverty Point remains a historical treasure with many
secrets still buried in its past.
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