The Ancient Mounds of Poverty Point - Place of Rings

Jon Gibson confronts the intriguing mystery of Poverty Point, the ruins of a large prehistoric Indian settlement that was home to one of the most fascinating ancient cultures in eastern North America. The 3,500-year-old site in northeastern Louisiana is known for its large, elaborate earthworks -- a series of concentric, crescent-shaped dirt rings and bird-shaped mounds. This is the first full-scale political, economic, and organizational analysis of Poverty Point and nearby affiliated sites.

About the author

Jon L. Gibson is professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Archaeological Studies at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He is the author of Ancient Earthworks of the Ouachita Valley in Louisiana and the editor of Exchange in the Lower Mississippi Valley and Contiguous Areas at 1100 B.C.

Product details

• Authors: Jon L Gibson, Jon L. Gibson
• Publisher: University Press Of Florida
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2001
• EAN: 9780813025513
• ISBN: 978-0-8130-2551-3
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Series: Native Peoples, Cultures, and; Native Peoples, Cultures, and; Native Peoples, Cultures and Places of the South-eastern United States
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology