Bynum Mound and Village Site, a Middle Woodland site near Houston, Mississippi, occupies a low ridge above Houlka Creek and includes six conical burial mounds and a habitation area. Built and used between 100 B.C. and 100 A.D., it formed part of a ceremonial and burial landscape. Excavations in the 1940s uncovered human remains, copper ornaments, greenstone celts, galena, and projectile points, including materials that came from far beyond Mississippi. Together with similar discoveries at nearby Pharr Mounds, these finds show that the community participated in the Hopewell exchange system, linking it to long-distance trade and religious networks across eastern North America.

Houston, Mississippi · USA