Location | Belcher, Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA |
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Region | Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
Coordinates | 32°45′5.83″N 93°49′27.37″W / 32.7516194°N 93.8242694°W |
History | |
Founded | 1400 CE |
Cultures | Caddoan Mississippian culture |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1959 to 1969 |
Archaeologists | Clarence H. Webb |
Architecture | |
Architectural styles | Platform mounds, |
Responsible body: private |
The Belcher Mound Site (16CD13) is an archaeological site in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.[1] It is located in the Red River Valley 20 miles north of Shreveport[2] and about one-half mile east of the town of Belcher, Louisiana.[3] It was excavated by Clarence H. Webb from 1959 to 1969.[3] The site gives its name to a local phase of the Caddoan Mississippian culture, the Belcher Phase, which radiocarbon dates suggest lasted from 1400 to 1600 CE.[2]