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Poverty Point Historic Site

Works Cited

Davis, K., & Stremlau, R. (2001). Poverty Point (c. 1700–700 B.C.). In T. Perdue & M. D. Green, The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast (p. 193). New York: Columbia University Press. 
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Lear, P. (2007). Poverty Point Baked Clay Objects: A Preliminary Study of Stylistic Motifs. Louisiana Arhcaeology, 27, 99–116.

Mitch, William A. (2013) An evaluation of the distribution of imported lithics within the Yazoo- Mississippi Delta during the Poverty Point period.

Southeastern Archaeology. 1-19. 19p. 6 Illustrations, 2 Charts.
Ortmann, A. L., & Kidder, T. R. (2013). Building Mound A at Poverty Point, Louisiana: Monumental Public Architecture, Ritual Practice, and Implications for Hunter-Gatherer Complexity. Geoarchaeology, 28(1), 66–86. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21430
Americas, A. D. of A. of A., Oceania, and the. (n.d.). Poverty Point (2000–1000 B.C.) | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved July 20, 2018, from https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/popo/hd_popo.htm
Centre, U. W. H. (n.d.). Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point. Retrieved July 19, 2018, from https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1435/
History & Artifacts of Poverty Point. (2014, December 16). Retrieved July 17, 2018, from http://www.povertypoint.us/history-artifacts