S4 E8 Poverty Point
Apr 01, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 8
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3500 years ago, Poverty Point was a thriving city of over 5000 people in the bayous of northern Louisiana. Despite not having agriculture or even ceramics, those people built North America's 2nd largest pyramid-mound.
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