Poverty Point: A Culture of the Lower Mississippi Valley

by Jon L. Gibson

POVERTY POINT

Bird design from Poverty Point stone art.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

STATE OF LOUISIANA

Edwin W. Edwards
Governor

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM

Noelle LeBlanc
Secretary

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND ANTIQUITIES COMMISSION

Ex-Officio Members

Dr. Kathleen Byrd	State Archaeologist
Mr. Robert B. DeBlieux	Assistant Secretary, Office of Cultural Development
Mr. B. Jim Porter	Secretary, Department of Natural Resources
Mrs. Dorothy M. Taylor	Secretary, Department of Urban and Community Affairs

Appointed Members

Mrs. Mary L. Christovich
Mr. Brian J. Duhe
Mr. Marc Dupuy, Jr.
Dr. Lorraine Heartfield
Dr. J. Richard Shenkel
Mrs. Lanier Simmons
Dr. Clarence H. Webb

First Printing April 1983
Second Printing, with corrections September 1985

The second printing of this document was funded by the Louisiana Research Foundation and the U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund. This document was published by Bourque Printing, Inc., P. O. Box 45070, Baton Rouge, LA 70895-4070.

POVERTY POINT:
A Culture of the Lower Mississippi Valley

Jon L. Gibson

To Carl Alexander,
with gratitude