Poverty Point Earthworks: Evolutionary Milestones of the Americas

"Poverty Point Earthworks: Evolutionary Milestones of the Americas" examines the site now called Poverty Point State Historic Site in northeastern Louisiana. The archaeological artifacts discovered at Poverty Point provide evidence of a highly developed ancient American culture that inhabited the lower Mississippi delta between 1750 and 1350 BC. This site includes one of the largest native constructions in eastern North America and the earthworks are the oldest of their size in the Western Hemisphere.

[@argosz8046]

So much lost forever, and so much yet to be known, about the First Peoples of The Americas.

[@garycousino4016]

Brilliant!

[@lindaingallsobrien4217]

Amazing video! I'm a Louisiana native, anthropologist, now 25+ yrs. Four Corners, Colorado transplant. I am continually amazed how people who are from the "West" have only knowledge of "Western Native American " culture. Too many John Wayne films, I imagine, mostly set on the Navajo Reservation near Monument Valley. I don't know how many times I've had to tell people that there were hundreds of thousands of Native American peoples in the South, and East of the Mississippi River. Also I have to question the statements that this culture at Poverty Point were organized and "governed" through such a system of mutual "giving".Far too often we as anthropologist & other historical/scientific academia fall into the "gentle" Native American cultures "syndrome" with the gentle flute backtrack playing & over "dehumanize" rather than realize the "bad" always goes with the "good" in any human beings. It can be such an overly 'gentile' ideology, that is, until someone discovers a cache of human bones with a batch of cut marks showing the "other" side of human behavior. Just my thoughts.

[@coleparker]

I am Southern Californian semi-retired Archaeologist of over 40+ years, and I totally concur with your comment. In fact, during one project, I mentioned to a co-worker who was just starting out in the field about one theory for the collapse of Teotihucan. She said that her and others did not consider the Mesoamerican civilizations as part of the Native American tradition. Oh btw, ignorance by the public of many of the California cultures is just as prevalent.

[@coleparker]

Also, many of those trashing Thomas Jefferson today, do not know that he was one of the first to propose that the mound cultures were not remnants of the ancient tribes of Israel or European cultures but were rather built by the ancestors of the peoples living in the region during that period. He also organized one of the first scientific archaeological studies of one site.

[@thegrinch7219]

Live in central louisiana have.found 2 earthworks locally that have not been discovered by anyone but myself and a few folks have over 400 points from them

[@terryr.t.2113]

@@thegrinch7219 - There is another, fairly large mound about 10-15 miles northeast of PP. It is just in the woods, off Hwy 65 at the 2 lane paved road (brain fart) west @ the State line.

[@Sprock49]

Nice. Thanks for putting this on KZbin.

[@robchasing3140]

Great video! This needs to be taught in schools. Development of poverty point, hopewell, and Mississippian cultures should be a focus in history classes.

[@FacesintheStone]

It goes against the agenda of American culture. I just found a huge site with a Mound on it, I showed them the art in the Megalithic statues and they said that they were just rocks, then I showed them all the arrowheads and birdstones that I found and I stopped getting a response. They try to hide it. Do you know the American education system was made by that Rockefeller guy, it’s built just to make workers.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Thank you so much. Bring First People's cultures into human consciousness.

[@VIRGONOMICS]

Thank You Just now learning about this . I’m from Ohio where we have Serpent Mound .

[@jerlee620]

“Geometry was their main protection against outside evil”...personally, I’d be more worried about Calculus.

[@scotttheskittleyt7260]

school told me to watch.

[@cgusta1]

same

[@ayush0903]

I need to pass

[@dequintenpritchard2402]

Same

[@FacesintheStone]

Just found a new site, it has Megalithic Statues and Facestones as well as tons of bird Effigys. The archaeologists do not want to recognize it because it’s at a housing development where they just cleared all the woods out. How about starting a petition You might ask. I’m gonna try this weekend, but I’m doing this all alone.

[@user-ov9zy7pu4s]

Where is this?

[@firebird_spleen4190]

@@user-ov9zy7pu4sLouisiana

[@about2mount]

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that the Mississippi river floods every few decades, so its no wonder they built an escapement to save themselves in the next flood.

[@PingasMonkey3rdClass]

I live an hour away from there. Been once as a kid. Would like to go again

[@daviddealba9886]

I heard that was the home base for the red haired giants .the cooking ball were really sling projectiles and the pits were bbq pits for cooking people

[@billyfolseakabbafolse6555]

It's farms rice and crawfish and fish filled the rings when the river rose then receding filling the ring field ponds with fresh fish water and crawfish

[@hollowaymafia]

That’s really interesting. I’ve never heard anyone describe the rings that way. But makes sense.

[@freeholdtacticalmed]

I was there 2 days ago. Pretty cool…

[@terryr.t.2113]

In the early '70s? I spent many hours watching, assisting and learning from the University archaeologists who were digging at PP! Loved to ride my 'dirt bike' just offa the paved roadway (to avoid getting a ticket) since I was living only about 5 miles away and help however I could! Also used to have lotsa 'damaged' artifacts from those digs. Lost to a house fire and many 'moves' over the decades. Still like to visit the on site 'Center' occasionally.

[@claradarbonne4678]

Very interesting

[@JazzyAmbitions]

Thanks

[@philgiglio7922]

20:22 te ducks are clearly mallards, which is a seasonal challenge. Poverty Point is smack in the middle of the central flyway

[@digilyd]

Has the plowing of the area been stopped?

[@postictal7846]

Since 1972

[@digilyd]

@@postictal7846 Thank you!

[@FacesintheStone]

I got a buddy that lives in Louisiana and has never heard of poverty point, I’m trying to get him to go before he moves.

[@bryantnecessary7719]

I see thinks like this and u can't help but think of how countries now plan cities before they are ever built. If you consider flooding and hurricanes, the mounds would keep their homes safe. And the mounds give people a safe place to wait for an extended part of time while flooding or storming went down.

[@kreal1]

Wake up Louisiana Creole people this is your ancestors!!!!

[@bobsworld2351]

Poor sound quality! Poor sound quality! Make them louder where you can turn them up where you can hear them

[@vanessahunter1884]

Once tv/the powers that be get ahold of it. The true identity or history is likely the opposite or grossly distorted.

[@Joles0]

Where are the descendants of Poverty Point. Interview them

[@AntzLoks1314]

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[@digilyd]

Has somebody asked the indian tribes if they have any stories that pertain to this?

[@jerlee620]

Also, who’s interpreting these mound shapes? Mound “A” looks much more like a butterfly than a “bird in flight”. So silly.

[@AntzLoks1314]

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[@billyfolseakabbafolse6555]

Atlantis

[@THINKincessantly]

❇️The Homogenous nature of these people were their strength not the diversity...So, the people that built poverty points wondrous earthworks were of the same culture, spoke the same language, worshipped the same deity, and social structures were homogenous.....What Im saying is Diversity would not have allowed this advancement, in this case Diversity of language cultures and religion would have hindered if not made these works impossible .....don’t believe everything the TV people tell you...

[@beautyvibe]

So much hate and greed knowledge is lost from many cultures.

[@ns2073]

I'd be interested in DNA sequencing from a burial occupant for origin. Bet they're not Asian decent...

[@AntzLoks1314]

ANTZ~•°