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Poverty Point Crossword

Horizontales
Areas where the soil was stained due to a post.
The other, more confusing, name for Mound E.
Relies on the natural process of soil formation.
The first mound 2,000 years after the Middle Archaic mounds.
Mound A is commonly called this ___.
There are ___ main stages in Mound B.
The bottom layer of Mound B was the ___ layer.
The horizon beneath the topsoil.
Used to inform allies and competitors that you have resources/manpower.
Mistaken for a naturally occurring geologic formation.
Area that was raised, but kept flat.
The area that was first suspected as the borrowing area for the soil.
Last construction of an earthwork in the Middle Archaic Period was an addition to this mound.
Site made up of six earthen mounds and six miles of ridges.
Verticales
Used on spears while hunting prey.
This makes a group less stressed during a time of environmental downturn.
Used to determine when the soils had last been exposed to sunlight.
Earth pressed against sticks to form walls.
Internal structure is very different from other mounds at Poverty Point.
Mammoths and mastodons.
Containers carrying earth to build a mound could hold ____ pounds.
Where hunter-gatherers first began to build earthen mounds.
Makes Poverty Point unique among archaeological sites.
There are ___ ridges at Poverty Point.
Areas where a post was, but the post was removed before it rotted.
Mound discovered in 2013.
Defined soil layers.
The top layer of Mound B was the ____.
A mound that took many years to determine if it was a mound or not.