essay
Poverty Point and greater Southeastern prehistory
archaeology of the mid-holocene southeast • Gainesville • Published In 1996 • Pages: 288-305
By: Gibson, Jon L..
Abstract
Poverty Point site and culture are unique for their early mound building, ceramics, and long-distance exchange, especially of rock resources. Gibson reviews the data on the site and culture. Unique as the site was, it can be explained as a consequence of a relatively large, logistical fishing-hunting-gathering population who lacked hard rock and who supplied that resource through long-distance trade. It had a mound building tradition and a culture which had the organizational and managerial know-how to motivate people to work. But it seemed to have had little influence on surrounding cultures.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2004
- Field Date
- no date given
- Coverage Date
- terminal Archaic; 3300 BP-3050 BP
- Coverage Place
- Povery Point, Louisiana; United States
- Notes
- Jon L. Gibson
- For bibliographical references see document 8: [Kenneth E. Sassaman and David G. Anderson]
- LCCN
- 95045466
- LCSH
- Indians of North America--Antiquities