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gahagan mounds site wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 site description 2 excavations toggle excavations subsection 2 1 gahagan blades 3 see also 4 references toggle the table of contents gahagan mounds site add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia archaeological site in louisiana united states gahagan mounds site map of the caddoan mississippian culture and some important sites including the gahagan mound site location within louisiana today 32 2 25 n 93 24 19 w 32 04028 n 93 40528 w 32 04028 93 40528 cultures caddoan mississippian culture location harmon louisiana red river parish louisiana us region red river parish louisiana history built 900 ce site notes architectural styles platform mounds burial mound plaza excavation dates 1912 1939 archaeologists clarence bloomfield moore clarence h webb the gahagan mounds site 16rr1 is an early caddoan mississippian culture archaeological site in red river parish louisiana 1 2 it is located in the red river valley the site is famous for the three shaft burials and exotic grave goods excavated there in the early twentieth century 3 site description edit the gahagan site is located on the western side of the red river about halfway between natchitoches and shreveport it was once located on an old river channel but much of the site has been destroyed by the meandering of the river 4 the site was occupied between 900 and 1200 ce 1 it consisted of a platform mound a cone shaped burial mound and a habitation area surrounding a centrally located plaza with another small mound located about a quarter mile away 4 excavations edit a missouri flint clay effigy pipe from the spiro site similar to those found at gahagan the burial mound at the site has been excavated twice in 1912 by clarence bloomfield moore and in 1939 by clarence h webb between the two excavations three burial shafts with a total of fourteen burials and more than five hundred grave goods were discovered the first shaft found by moore was 11 feet 3 4 m in depth and 13 feet 4 0 m by 8 feet 2 4 m in width and height the other two found in the 1939 excavations were 19 feet 5 8 m by 15 feet 4 6 m and 12 feet 3 7 m by 11 feet 3 4 m in dimensions 4 the grave goods found during the excavations included intricately flaked flint knives known since as gahagan blades a matched pair of long nosed god maskette earrings made of sheet copper 5 missouri flint clay statues and pipes 3 copper ear ornaments embossed copper plates 6 greenstone celts and spuds and caches of beads and arrow heads many of the grave goods were exotic imports from such distant places as the gulf coast the central texas plateau tennessee kentucky and the great lakes 4 and may be indicative of involvement in continent wide trade and religious networks such as the southeastern ceremonial complex many of the disinterred remains and grave goods were donated to louisiana state university museum of natural science by the peabody museum of archaeology and ethnology at harvard university and few more later by dr webb 1 gahagan blades edit the burial offerings at gahagan contained particularly beautifully flaked stone knives which have since become known as gahagan blades 4 the knives have been found at other caddoan sites including the caddoan mounds state historic site but are thought to originate to the west of the caddo territory in central texas they were made from chert from this area and archaeologists believe they were produced as a trade export by groups there 7 see also edit spiro mounds list of mississippian sites mississippian stone statuary references edit 1 2 3 notice of inventory completion for native american human remains and associated funerary objects in the possession of the louisiana state university museum retrieved 2010 02 22 gahagan geographic names information system united states geological survey united states department of the interior 1 2 dating gahagan and its implications for understanding cahokia caddo interactions retrieved 2010 02 24 1 2 3 4 5 the caddo indians of louisiana archived from the original on 2009 12 10 retrieved 2010 02 24 tejas caddo fundamentals mississippian world retrieved 2010 02 24 fundaburk emma lila foreman mary douglass fundaburk sun circles and human hands the southeastern indians art and industries pp 107 108 isbn 978 0817310776 j b white tx exports retrieved 2010 03 05 v t e mississippian and related cultures list of mississippian sites timeline of mississippi valley middle mississippian american bottom and upper mississippi aztalan big eddy cahokia monks mound mound 34 mound 72 ramey state woodhenge cloverdale dickson mounds emerald acropolis emmons cemetery horseshoe lake john chapman kuhn station larson lunsford pulcher mccune mitchell orendorf sleeth starr steed kisker culture sugarloaf mound lower ohio river and confluence area adams site dogtooth bend mounds kincaid mounds marshall site millstone bluff orr herl rowlandton mound towosahgy turk site twin mounds ware mounds wickliffe mounds middle ohio river angel phase annis mound bone bank caborn welborn culture ellerbusch hovey lake klein hovey lake district murphy prather slack farm tolu welborn village yankeetown tennessee and cumberland backusburg beasley mounds brentwood library brick church castalian springs dunbar cave fewkes group hiwassee island link farm mound bottom riverview sellars obion old town swallow bluff central and lower mississippi belle meade boone s boyd campbell carson chucalissa denmark eaker janet s menard hodges murphy nodena nodena phase owl creek parkin quigualtam tipton phase tunica koroa yazoo walls phase south appalachian mississippian adamson avery beaverdam creek bell field mound bessemer biltmore blair bussell island chauga chiaha chota citico coosa dallas phase dyar etowah garden creek hoojah branch irene jere shine joara joe bell king lamar lamar phase liddell little egypt long swamp mabila mandeville mcmahan moccasin bend moundville mouse creek phase mulberry muscogee creek nacoochee nikwasi ocmulgee park mound pisgah phase punk rock shelter rembert roods landing rucker s bottom savannah shiloh sixtoe summerour taskigi tomotley toqua town creek waddells mill pond wilbanks fort walton culture anhaica apalachee apalachee province cayson corbin tucker fort walton mound lake jackson leon jefferson culture letchworth velda yon pensacola culture bottle creek dauphin island fort walton hickory ridge cemetery naval live oaks cemetery pensacola people plaquemine mississippian anna atchafalaya basin emerald fitzhugh flowery fosters ghost glass grand village of the natchez holly bluff jaketown jordan julice mangum mazique medora mott natchez taensa pocahontas routh scott place sims transylvania venable winterville caddoan mississippian battle belcher blue spring shelter bluffton caddo caddoan mounds gahagan hughes ka do ha indian village keller spiro upper mississippian cultures oneota anker beattie park blood run carcajou point fifield fisher mound group gentleman farm grand village of the illinois griesmer hartley fort hotel plaza hoxie farm huber juntunen knoll spring mero site moccasin bluff oak forest palos plum island roche a cri petroglyphs schwerdt summer island fort ancient culture alligator effigy mound clover dodge leo petroglyph serpent mound sunwatch indian village culture agriculture beans chenopodium little barley maize marshelder pumpkin squash sunflower three sisters tobacco artwork emmons mask copper plates rogan plates spiro plates wulfing cache duck river cache long nosed god maskette mill creek chert pottery shell gorget stone statuary languages caddoan central algonquian cherokee mobilian jargon muskogean natchez siouan catawban taensa timucuan tunican yuchi religion ballgame southeastern northern black drink burial mound ceremonial pipe chanunpa chunkey earth fertility cult green corn ceremony horned serpent platform mound red horn sacred bundle village bundle southeastern ceremonial complex stone box grave thunderbird underwater panther related topics chevron bead clarksdale bell mound builders de soto expedition retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title gahagan_mounds_site oldid 1365243713 categories caddoan mississippian culture mounds in louisiana geography of red 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