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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Boyd MoundsCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 18.032 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Jackson, MS
Latitude: 32.452752N Longitude: 90.068322W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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bat400 visited on 19th Oct 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Walk completely around the mounds to better understand the construction. An interpretive sign provides more information.
This group has been dated from Late Woodland to Early Mississippian Era - 800 to 1100 AD. The largest and most accessible mound is 110 by 60 feet and 4 feet high. When excavated it showed that it was built in stages for successive burials.
In this case, two smaller mounds were later "bridged" with another burial to form a long, low barrow. The burials had relatively few artifacts, but pottery fragments supported the use of this group for burials over a long time period.
This mound group is directly on the Natchez Trace Parkway, with a small parking area for visitors.
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