Dalan and Geoarchaeology major conducted research at Poverty Point State Historic Site

Dalan and Geoarchaeology major conducted research at Poverty Point State Historic Site

Rinita Dalan, Anthropology and Earth Science, and Geoarchaeology major Rebecca Wallace traveled to the Poverty Point State Historic Site in Louisiana over Spring Break to conduct investigations into a new mound discovered at the site. The Poverty Point site, composed of a semicircular arrangement of six earthen ridges and mounds over 3,000 years in age, is the 2014 U.S. nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List.