Hughes Mound Site
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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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National Register of Historic Places listings in Saline County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Saline County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Saline County, Arkan ...


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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 {{SalineCountyAR-NRHP-stub