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This Louisiana archeological site still baffles scientists

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Poverty Point is one of the United States oldest indigenous cultural and historical sites.

The earthworks consist of six C-shaped ridges that extend to the edge of the Macon Ridge .

The site was built by the Poverty Point culture, a group of prehistoric indigenous people who inhabited the lower Mississippi Valley and Gulf coast.