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Boyd Mounds
Natchez Trace
Boyd Mounds is located on the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 106.9.
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!
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1 Robinson Road
2 Upper Choctaw Boundary
3 Canton, Mississippi
4 McWillie-Singleton House Bed and Breakfast
5 River Bend
6 Cypress Swamp
7 Willowbrook Farm Bed and Breakfast
8 West Florida Boundary
* Boyd Mounds
9 Reservoir Overlook
10 Choctaw Agency
11 Parkway Information Cabin at Ridgeland
12 Brashear's Stand and Old Trace
13 Mississippi Crafts Center
14 Osburn Stand
15 Clinton Visitor Center
16 Cowles Mead Cemetery
17 Jackson, Mississippi
18 Battle of Raymond
19 Cedarwood Bed and Breakfast
20 Oak Hill Bed and Breakfast
21 Raymond, Mississippi
22 Mamie's Cottage Bed and Breakfast
23 Raymond Military Park
24 Dean Stand
Color Key:
* Boyd Mounds
Bed and Breakfasts located nearby
On Trace Attractions located nearby
Other Attractions located nearby
Area Towns & Cities
1 Robinson Road
2 Upper Choctaw Boundary
3 Canton, Mississippi
4 McWillie-Singleton House Bed and Breakfast
5 River Bend
6 Cypress Swamp
7 Willowbrook Farm Bed and Breakfast
8 West Florida Boundary
* Boyd Mounds
9 Reservoir Overlook
10 Choctaw Agency
11 Parkway Information Cabin at Ridgeland
12 Brashear's Stand and Old Trace
13 Mississippi Crafts Center
14 Osburn Stand
15 Clinton Visitor Center
16 Cowles Mead Cemetery
17 Jackson, Mississippi
18 Battle of Raymond
19 Cedarwood Bed and Breakfast
20 Oak Hill Bed and Breakfast
21 Raymond, Mississippi
22 Mamie's Cottage Bed and Breakfast
23 Raymond Military Park
24 Dean Stand
Color Key:
* Boyd Mounds
Bed and Breakfasts located nearby
On Trace Attractions located nearby
Other Attractions located nearby
Area Towns & Cities
