Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point

Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 2014 som kulturarv i United States of America. Platsen hör till regionen Europe and North America.

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Världsarvet har varit en del av den gemensamma UNESCO-listan sedan 2014.

UNESCOMonumental Earthworks of Poverty Point owes its name to a 19th-century plantation close to the site, which is in the Lower Mississippi Valley on a slightly elevated and narrow landform. The complex comprises five mounds, six concentric semi-elliptical ridges separated by shallow depressions and a central plaza. It was created and used for residential and ceremonial purposes by a society of hunter fisher-gatherers between 3700 and 3100 BP. It is a remarkable achievement in earthen construction in North America that was unsurpassed for at least 2,000 years.