Hughes Site
1 2018-10-16T20:12:11-07:00 Joseph Brown 5eac7ef3705d9f80e567b77e809a27064bd00249 31597 2 The Hughes Mound Site (3SA11), is an archeological site in Saline County, Arkansas three miles southwest of Benton. The Hughes mound, is 100 yards from the Saline River, stands 80 feet high and 110 feet long. The 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) site is an important Caddoan Mississippian culture village center, at the northeastern frontier of that civilization. It is the only known platform mound site south of Benton on the Saline River. The site has not been dated, but artifacts found there are consistent with the Caddoan period; no contact-period artifacts have been found. plain 2018-10-16T23:12:55-07:00 Image Arkansas Native American heritage sites 34.563099, -92.553802 jpeg/280 x 180 pixels Caddo Mississippian culture 1450 - 1650 AD Joseph Brown 5eac7ef3705d9f80e567b77e809a27064bd00249This page is referenced by:
- 1 media/hughes site.jpg 2018-10-16T20:08:43-07:00 Hughes Mound Site, (3SA11) 2 The Hughes Mound Site (3SA11), is an archeological site in Saline County, Arkansas three miles southwest of Benton. The Hughes mound, is 100 yards from the Saline River, stands 80 feet high and 110 feet long. The 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) site is an important Caddoan Mississippian culture village center, at the northeastern frontier of that civilization. It is the only known platform mound site south of Benton on the Saline River. The site has not been dated, but artifacts found there are consistent with the Caddoan period; no contact-period artifacts have been found. plain 2018-10-16T23:14:46-07:00 34.563099, -92.553802 Caddoan Mississippian culture 1450 - 1650 AD
