Boyd Mounds
Natchez Trace
Boyd Mounds is located on the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 106.9.
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Archaeologists tell us that there was a house here sometime around 500 A.D. and that the pottery found in the mounds was made before 700 A.D. Likely, the population was continuous over centuries with customs being handed from generation to generation, relying on fields, forests, and streams for food. The simple social system was probably based on the family and close relatives.
In this 100 foot long mound, archaeologists found the remains of 41 burials. The mound is really three mounds in one. Differences in the types of pottery found in each indicate that the construction of the mounds was separated by a considerable lapse of time.
Locator Map for Boyd Mounds and other Natchez Trace points of interest!
Click on these nearby points of interest:
1 Robinson Road
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 16
2 Upper Choctaw Boundary
3 Canton, Mississippi
Access/Exit Ratliff Ferry Road
4 River Bend
5 Cypress Swamp
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 43
6 West Florida Boundary
* Boyd Mounds
7 Reservoir Overlook
8 Choctaw Agency
Access/Exit Interstate 55
Access/Exit Old Canton Road
Access/Exit US Highway 51
9 Parkway Information Cabin at Ridgeland
10 Brashear's Stand and Old Trace
11 Mississippi Crafts Center
12 Osburn Stand
Access/Exit US Highway 49
13 Clinton Visitor Center
Access/Exit Pinehaven Drive
14 Cowles Mead Cemetery
Access/Exit Interstate 20
15 Jackson, Mississippi
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 467
16 Battle of Raymond
17 Raymond, Mississippi
18 Mamie's Cottage Bed and Breakfast
19 Raymond Military Park
20 Dean Stand
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 27
Color Key:
* Boyd Mounds
Bed and Breakfasts located nearby
On Trace Attractions located nearby
Other Attractions located nearby
Area Towns & Cities
Access / Exit Roads
1 Robinson Road
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 16
2 Upper Choctaw Boundary
3 Canton, Mississippi
Access/Exit Ratliff Ferry Road
4 River Bend
5 Cypress Swamp
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 43
6 West Florida Boundary
* Boyd Mounds
7 Reservoir Overlook
8 Choctaw Agency
Access/Exit Interstate 55
Access/Exit Old Canton Road
Access/Exit US Highway 51
9 Parkway Information Cabin at Ridgeland
10 Brashear's Stand and Old Trace
11 Mississippi Crafts Center
12 Osburn Stand
Access/Exit US Highway 49
13 Clinton Visitor Center
Access/Exit Pinehaven Drive
14 Cowles Mead Cemetery
Access/Exit Interstate 20
15 Jackson, Mississippi
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 467
16 Battle of Raymond
17 Raymond, Mississippi
18 Mamie's Cottage Bed and Breakfast
19 Raymond Military Park
20 Dean Stand
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 27
Color Key:
* Boyd Mounds
Bed and Breakfasts located nearby
On Trace Attractions located nearby
Other Attractions located nearby
Area Towns & Cities
Access / Exit Roads
