ArchaeoEd Podcast

S4 E8 Poverty Point

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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. Support the show Support ArchaeoEd through Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/archaeoed ArchaeoEd Merch now available! https://archaeoed.com/support/ Mayan Calendar - see the 2027 Mayan Calendar at https://www.mayan-calendar.com Bars and Dots, Maya date calcula...

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