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Poverty Point National Monument

Name: Poverty Point National Monument
Address: 6859 LA-577, Epps, LA, 71237, US

6859 LA-577

Epps, LA 71237

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Now a nearly forgotten culture, Poverty Point at its peak 3,000 years ago was part of an enormous trading network that stretched for hundreds of miles across the continent. It was - and is - also an engineering marvel, the product of five million hours of labor. Explore the culture of a highly sophisticated people who left behind one of North America's most important archeological sites.

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