Poverty Point, Louisiana

A friend (my academic mentor) recently drove through Louisiana and stopped at Poverty Point, an ancient site where inhabitants altered the landscape from 1600 to 700BC. They created mounds and other earthworks, plus made art. They also imported exotic natural materials from the Ozarks, Tennessee and the Great Lakes.

The little owl pendants are made from red jasper.

These are thought to be stone net weights; the site is located near the Mississippi River and residents likely fished, hunted and collected wild plants.
Today the site is protected as a national monument; the majority of Native mounds and earth works have been destroyed by modern farming, urban development and highways. These cards are my first from this ancient site!