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In this episode Time Team’s geophys wizz Jimmy Adcock travels across the Atlantic to join a team of archeologists investigating these mysterious subterranean features. Could the origin of these mounds provide the answer to why Poverty Point’s prehistoric inhabitants chose this location for their ancient city? The team has just three days to find out and all thanks to the support we get from you!

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Mystery Mounds at Poverty Point | Time Team Special

Poverty Point is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of monumental earthworks located in Louisiana, USA. Recently, a series of mound-like features were discovered in a GPR survey buried beneath the ground in the centre of the site. Time Team’s geophys wizz Jimmy Adcock travels across the Atlantic to join a team of archeologists investigating these mysterious subterranean features. Could the origin of these mounds provide the answer to why Poverty Point’s prehistoric inhabitants chose this location for their ancient city? The team has just three days to find out! The Poverty Point resistivity survey was partially supported by a grant from the ISAP Fund of the International Society for Archaeological Prospection. With Special Thanks to: Diana Greenlee Rinita Dalan Tad Britt Makayla Shoup Mark Brink John Zumwalt Guidline Geo Arne Anderson Stamnes Time Team Patreon Supporters Cameras: Jimmy Adcock Drone: Arne Anderson Stamnes Graphics: Neil Emmanuel Andy Woodhead Images: Jennifer R Trotter Martin Pate Archive: Time Team Series 19 Episode 3 Time Team Series 20 Episode 4 Time Team Series 20 Episode 8 Music: Steve Day Paul Greedus (Original Theme) Storyblocks.com Production Manager: Carol Hendry Editor: Chris Dewar Development Producer: Felix Rowe Edit Producer: Ellie Utili Series Producer: Emily Boulting Executive Producer and Series Creator: Tim Taylor ** NEW 15,000 MEMBER TARGET - JOIN TIME TEAM ON PATREON! ** Help us reach our new goal of 15,000 active members on Patreon, to continue developing more sites and create more new episodes. Support Time Team by becoming a patron and get access to exclusive behind-the-scenes content here: https://www.patreon.com/TimeTeamOfficial ** NEW PODCAST ** Listen now to the brand new Time Team Podcast presented by Helen Geake and Martyn Williams: https://podfollow.com/time-team ** MERCHANDISE ** You can now purchase Time Team's Official merchandise here: https://shop.timeteamdigital.com/ Website: https://www.timeteamdigital.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timeteamofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timeteamofficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimeteam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialtimeteam

Comments

Jane McCormack

I thought it was a very good episode. It was well edited and very informative. Jimmy was a great presenter! I was wondering when we'd hear more about this fascinating site.

Kerry Hennigan

Fascinating, and there seems to be a lot more to discover at such an enigmatic site. Well done, Jimmy. More please. 👍

Richard Lowe-Jackson

Thoroughly enjoyed. Fascinating site and loved seeing geophysics used in a different way.

Melissa Lawrence

Would have been interesting to know if the mud would have been channeled to flow… mud springs like those of Aqua Sulis before the Romans arrived.

Kama Miller

Super excited about this episode. I'd never even heard about this site before it was mentioned in time team. Now, if ya'll could just do the spiro mounds in near by Oklahoma.

James Updegraff

Wonderful to see the data collected and interpreted to give a tangible payoff for the days of sweat-equity you invested in it. Time Team has been such a treasure to so many persons like myself who have always been interested in history but have known very little about how the science of archeology works to gather new data and advance our knowledge of the life of our ancestors.

Lorna Dryden

Circles are found worldwide, fascinating to think how they all did the same thing!!

Pamela Chavers

I live in Northern Alabama. There are mounds here as well as Tennessee. But this was so fascinating to understand just how they coped and thrived under those circumstances. The effigies were very intriguing. I would love to reproduce them and experiment how to use them.

Cheryl Kurucz

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Difort

Great work Jimmy! Very informative.

Patrick Emery

I think there’s something in the human psyche about circular and spiral patterns, you really do see it across so many cultures and time periods - heck, when I doodle I often draw spiralling shapes which aren’t so different to the types of patterns you see in some rock carvings. Hard to separate exposure from innate with regard to that of course!

Teresa Gualtieri-Clark

Never seen a situation where they were so pleased to discover it was a natural feature!

Alan McMillan

Thank you for this detailed, and intense survey. A lot more tto be found yet. Well done!

Tara Bogia

What a great episode. I love to see how it all ties in together, the natural geology and how the residents lived there.

Gretchen M Root

I need help in updating my credit card information. Is there someone that can help?

Elaine P

I had no idea this existed, so very glad to see this. (My sympathies regarding the heat!). Placement of the wood circles was interesting, wondering if there served a practical every day purpose as, considering their location and the proximity to the river, might they be related to fishing, like some kind of weir - guess I'd better do some research and find out! Thanks for this episode!

time team

I so happened to go there the day after Jimmy was there. My daughter likes to explore and she took me with her. Was a lot of walking which she didn't now if I could but I did. Looking forward to any future investigations there might be there.

Rubys Rose

I love Patreon TT BEING a new annual subscriber, despite being a poor Canadian senior. It was past time to join but I am so happy here. Hearing & seeing the Patreon’s loving, uplifting grateful comments and the brilliant research used here, under Jimmy’s brilliant resitivity testing is all manna for my heart & mind! My ancestors came from Wales & Britain, but they didn't pass down much, being they were all traumatized aka “shell shocked” one way or the other! So TT ,YOU all NOURISH ME as I expect the traumatized Veterans experience. Truly, you work magic into your relations, all the characters, volunteers enabling human connections today, in this fractured upside down & backwards world…but we will overcome thus! Love. to all & everyone.