Mississippi
Bynum Mounds
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Bynum Mounds preserves a prehistoric
mound complex adjacent to
the Natchez Trace Parkway
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The Bynum Mounds are located in a
preserved site on the Natchez Trace Parkway
about one-half hour south of Tupelo. The
park includes a short paved trail to the
mounts, an interpretive shelter and a
recorded message explaining the
significance of the site. Restrooms, picnic
tables and other facilities are located nearby
at the Witch Dance area on the parkway.
The Natchez Trace Parkway passes
near a number of significant Native
American sites as it winds its way
from Tupelo to Jackson, Mississippi.
Among these are the Bynum Mounds,
situated in a preserved setting
adjacent to the parkway about thirty
minutes south of Tupelo.
Archaeologists believe these mounds
were constructed 2,000 years ago,
between 100 B.C. and 100 A.D. The
two mounds on the tour trail are part
of a six mound complex and were
used for ceremonial burials.
The Bynum Mounds are much older
than the nearby Owl Creek Mounds
and represent an important look back
at the Woodland culture which
developed across the South at
around the time of Christ. This
civilization reached an advance state
more than 1,000 years before the first
Europeans ever set foot in the
Southeast.
