America’s Forgotten Pyramid: The Mystery of Poverty Point

Описание: Most people don’t know there’s a 3,000-year-old pyramid right in Louisiana. The site of Poverty Point is one of the most mysterious archaeological discoveries in North America — built by hunter-gatherers long before agriculture or ceramics. In this video, I break down how the people of Poverty Point engineered massive earthworks, traded across half the continent, and built a culture that still puzzles archaeologists today.

⏱ Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction: What is Poverty Point?
00:31 – The massive pyramid of Louisiana
00:57 – Layout of the Poverty Point site
01:56 – The circular ridges and early city planning
02:24 – The surrounding mounds (A, B, C, D, E)
03:26 – Evidence of early astronomy and surveying
03:54 – Who lived at Poverty Point?
04:26 – Life without farming or ceramics
05:09 – Mysterious lack of skeletons
05:33 – Trade networks and imported materials
06:35 – Artifacts from Georgia, Arkansas, and the Great Lakes
07:12 – 77 tons of foreign material found
07:36 – The famous “Poverty Point Objects”
08:49 – How far the Poverty Point culture spread
09:14 – Art, jewelry, and signs of an egalitarian society
10:34 – Older mound sites like Watson Brake
11:35 – The evolution of cooking technology
12:29 – The Lower Jackson Mound and ancient survey lines
13:43 – The enigmatic LSU mounds
14:07 – Visiting the site today
14:56 – Supporting independent archaeology content