Poverty Point State Historic Site - Epps, Louisiana

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Poverty Point State Historic Site - Epps, Louisiana

Poverty Point is a prehistoric archeological site dating between 1650 – 700 BCE.  It may be the the earliest civilized site in North America, and is considered one of the most significant archaeological finds on the continent, with artifacts dating to 1000-2000 B.C. It has a complex of Native American ceremonial mounds built between 1700 and 700 B.C.

Indians first built mounds in Louisiana in 4000 B.C., making them among the oldest in the Western Hemisphere. Louisiana has mounds older than the pyramids in Mexico and South America, older than Stonehenge in England and older than the earliest pyramids in Egypt.

Mounds are found throughout Louisiana, but are most concentrated in northeastern and central Louisiana.

Hours of Operation: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily. Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Guided tours are offered daily.

Admission: $2 per person; free for seniors (62 and over) and for children age 12 and under. Groups are asked to call in advance.

Directions:  From I-20, take the Delhi exit and travel north of LA 17, east on LA 134 and north on LA 577. GPS Coordinates: N 32 38.2500; W 91 24.4164.

Address: 6859 Highway 577, Pioneer, Louisiana 71266

Phone: 318-926-5492 or 888-926-5492