Gahagan Mounds Site, Archaeological burial site in Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Gahagan Mounds Site is an archaeological location with a raised platform mound, a burial mound shaped like a cone, and a central plaza with surrounding residential structures. The layout shows a planned arrangement of spaces used for different purposes by its inhabitants.
The site was inhabited between 900 and 1200 by the Early Caddoan Mississippian culture. Excavations uncovered fourteen burials located in three deep shafts dug into the ground.
The artifacts found here reflect trade connections between distant communities, with objects from faraway places showing how indigenous groups exchanged goods across long distances.
The site sits along the Red River in the western part of the region, positioned between two major towns. Most artifacts discovered here are now kept and displayed at a university museum for public access.
The site yielded an unusually large collection of burial goods, with over five hundred objects found in the graves. Among them were specialized stone blades that came from distant stone sources in the southwest, revealing the remarkable reach of these trade routes.
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