Mapping Poverty Point
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 2560804 |
|---|---|
| Autores | T R Kidder (0000-0001-6006-8953, Tulane University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2002 |
| Volumen | 67 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 89-101 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2694878 |
| OpenAlex | W2320913257 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 21 |
| Referencias citadas | 10 |
Even though the general configuration of the Poverty Point site has been known for over forty years, the entire site was mapped for the first time in 1999-2000. In this paper we examine how Poverty Point has been portrayed in the archaeological literature. Tracings of stereoscopic aerial photographs were used to construct previous maps of the site. Features that could not be traced because of tree cover were interpolated. Succeeding representations of the site show different features and emphasize the symmetrical form of the site, including the presence of ridges separated by aisles. The 1999-2000 map demonstrates that earlier images of the site overemphasize earthworm symmetry. Our data suggest that the northern aisle does not exist and may have been introduced into earlier maps in order to complete a hypothesized regular site plan. Images of a site like Poverty Point are powerful representations of a perceived reality. For example, existing maps of Poverty Point have been used to bolster claims that the site represents a 'great town,' with a large population and some kind of centralized leadership. Despite a considerable history of research at Poverty Point map data alone cannot and probably will never provide sufficient evidence to support or reject such a claim. While mapping alone cannot answer questions about the nature of site organization or social behavior, differences between existing images and the current topographic map underscore the need to view maps and pictures of Poverty Point as a means for generating testable hypotheses, rather than an end unto itself
Archaeology · Cartography · Construct (python library) · Genealogy · Geography · Geometry · Plan (archaeology) · Point (geometry) · Political science · Population · Poverty · Sociology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Demography · History · Law · Mathematics
Archaeoastronomy in the Ancient Americas
Analyzing landform patterns in the monumental landscape of the northern Great Lakes, 1200–1600 CE
The Archaeology of Awe
Building Mound A at Poverty Point, Louisiana
A river runs through it”
Where is the Southeastern Native American economy
Mapping Never-Never Land
The complex construction history of Poverty Point’s timber circles and concentric ridges
History, Complex Hunter-gatherers, and the Mounds and Monuments of Crystal River, Florida, USA
Monumentalization and ritual landscapes at Fort Center in the Lake Okeechobee basin of South Florida
Complex Hunter–Gatherers in Evolution and History
Poverty Point as Structure, Event, Process
L'archéologie dans les sciences humaines
Evaluating Mobility, Monumentality, and Feasting at the Sapelo Island Shell Ring Complex
Climate Change and the Archaic to Woodland Transition (3000–2500 Cal B.P.) in the Mississippi River Basin
Look to the earth
Archaeological Drawings as Re-Presentations
Archaeology in the Humanities
Placing the Poverty Point Mounds in their Temporal Context
Plazas as Architecture
Magnetic Evidence of Ridge Construction and Use at Poverty Point
| Citas por año | 0,91 |
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| Intervalo de citas | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Altamente citado | No |