ARTIFACT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
AT POVERTY POINT WORLD HERITAGE SITE

Have you found any artifacts on your property or other private lands? Are you unsure of what you’ve found? On Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, visitors are invited to share their finds as part of an Artifact ID program at Poverty Point World Heritage Site. On-site specialists will help you better understand the artifacts you find in your fields or along the banks of waterways. Please remember that artifacts should only be ethically collected on private property with the landowner’s written permission.

This program will be offered from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Participants should check in at the museum for this special program before heading to our Archaeology Lab for the identification experience! If you want a more itemized program, please do bring small plastic bags to separate the artifacts, sharpies to mark the bags, along with a pen and paper to takes notes.

Poverty Point World Heritage Site offers visitors the unique opportunity to experience and learn about the earthworks and those individuals who raised them from the ground between the years of 1700 and 1100 BCE. The $4 admission fee provides access to the museum, film theatre, hiking trail, driving tour, tram tour, and any interpretive events taking place at the site. Children (3 and under) and senior citizens (62 and over) are admitted free of charge.

Poverty Point is located at 6859 HWY 577, Pioneer LA 71266. The park is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. For additional information, call 888.926.5294 toll free or 926.5492 locally or follow Poverty Point World Heritage Site on Facebook.

CONTACT
Park Staff
Poverty Point World Heritage Site
888-926-5492
povertypoint@crt.la.gov