Mound A at Poverty Point World Heritage Site is the largest mound at the site. Located just west of the enclosure of ridges, mound A, which stands more than 70-feet high and measures 640-feet along ...

Wendy Rodrigue Apr 7, 2011 Apr 7, 2011 3 min to read Poverty Point Mound A, also called the Bird Mound, 1300 B.C. Poverty Point as it looks today, aerial view 'Indians, Cajuns, and Cowboys' (detail), ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience The enormous earthen monument Poverty Point, built on a Mississippi River bayou some 3,200 years ago, is an impressive feat ...

Pre Poverty Point -- Paleoindians -- Lower Jackson Mound -- The City of Poverty Point -- Mound B -- Mound E -- The slough -- The plaza and ridges -- Circles -- Mound A -- Mound C -- Mound F -- The ...