Poverty Point
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National Historic Landmark
UNESCO World Heritage Site
archaeological site
prehistoric earthwork complex
Poverty Point is a monumental Late Archaic-period earthwork complex in present-day northeastern Louisiana, renowned as one of North America’s most significant prehistoric indigenous archaeological sites.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marksville earthworks | 2 |
| Marksville mound group | 1 |
| Poverty Point canonical | 1 |
| Poverty Point World Heritage Site museum | 1 |
| Poverty Point culture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2593695 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Poverty Point Context triple: [Southeastern Woodlands, hasArchaeologicalSite, Poverty Point]
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A.
Winterville Mounds
Winterville Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mississippi featuring large earthen platform mounds built by the Mississippian culture.
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B.
Angel Mounds
Angel Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Indiana that preserves the remains of a large Mississippian culture town and its earthen platform mounds.
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C.
Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Ohio River Valley, known for its large earthen platform mounds and role as a regional center of Mississippian culture.
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D.
Pinson Mounds
Pinson Mounds is a large Middle Woodland period Native American ceremonial mound complex in western Tennessee, notable for its impressive earthworks associated with the Hopewell cultural tradition.
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E.
Spiro Mounds
Spiro Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in present-day Oklahoma, known for its large earthen mounds and role as a major ceremonial and trade center of the Mississippian culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Poverty Point Target entity description: Poverty Point is a monumental Late Archaic-period earthwork complex in present-day northeastern Louisiana, renowned as one of North America’s most significant prehistoric indigenous archaeological sites.
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A.
Winterville Mounds
Winterville Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mississippi featuring large earthen platform mounds built by the Mississippian culture.
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B.
Angel Mounds
Angel Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in Indiana that preserves the remains of a large Mississippian culture town and its earthen platform mounds.
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C.
Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Ohio River Valley, known for its large earthen platform mounds and role as a regional center of Mississippian culture.
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D.
Pinson Mounds
Pinson Mounds is a large Middle Woodland period Native American ceremonial mound complex in western Tennessee, notable for its impressive earthworks associated with the Hopewell cultural tradition.
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E.
Spiro Mounds
Spiro Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in present-day Oklahoma, known for its large earthen mounds and role as a major ceremonial and trade center of the Mississippian culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric earthwork complex ⓘ |
| addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces | 1962 ⓘ |
| area | approximately 400 acres ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
clay cooking balls
ⓘ
exotic lithic raw materials ⓘ microlithic tools ⓘ stone tool production ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culture |
Poverty Point culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Poverty Point
|
| designatedNationalHistoricLandmark | 1962 ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Jacob Walter ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 22 meters above Mississippi floodplain ⓘ |
| estimatedConstructionPeriod | circa 1700–1100 BCE ⓘ |
| firstDescribedInPublication | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mound A
ⓘ
Mound B ⓘ Mound E ⓘ borrow pits ⓘ causeway ⓘ concentric earthen ridges ⓘ plaza ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
U.S. National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
linked to:
National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Monument ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inception | Late Archaic period ⓘ |
| inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageList | 2014 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
northeastern Louisiana ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
West Carroll Parish, Louisiana
ⓘ
linked to:
West Carroll Parish
|
| materialUsed |
earth
ⓘ
loess ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Poverty Point Plantation ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Epps, Louisiana ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Louisiana Office of State Parks ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lower Mississippi Valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Lower Mississippi River basin
|
| region |
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
ⓘ
linked to:
Arkansas Delta region
|
| significantFor |
Late Archaic earthwork construction
ⓘ
large-scale hunter-gatherer monumentality ⓘ prehistoric long-distance trade networks ⓘ |
| tradingPartnerRegion |
Appalachian region
ⓘ
Gulf Coast ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf Coast of the United States
Ohio River Valley ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio River basin
Ozark Highlands ⓘ
linked to:
Ozark Plateau
|
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(iii)
ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
residential center ⓘ trade hub ⓘ |
| visitorCenter |
Poverty Point World Heritage Site museum
ⓘ
linked to:
Poverty Point
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Poverty Point Description of subject: Poverty Point is a monumental Late Archaic-period earthwork complex in present-day northeastern Louisiana, renowned as one of North America’s most significant prehistoric indigenous archaeological sites.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Poverty Point
linked to: Poverty Point
linked to: Poverty Point