The Hughes Mound Site, (
3SA11), is an
archeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and ...
in
Saline County, Arkansas near
Benton. The 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.
The site was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1985 for its potential to yield information in the future.
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See also
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References
Caddoan Mississippian culture
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Saline County, Arkansas
Mounds in Arkansas
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