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Navigator Challenge #2

Clay County, MS

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“The Archaeologist’s Lost Page”

FROM THE FIELD JOURNAL OF DR. ELIJAH THORNE, AUGUST 1932

My explorations in Clay County today, particularly in the general southern environs of West Point, revealed a notable earthwork. It stands apart from the later platform mounds, presenting as a distinct conical or dome-like elevation. All indications – its form, local legends (though often embellished), and comparative archaeology – point to a Woodland period construction (possibly 100 B.C. - A.D. 400), primarily serving as a funerary site for what appear to have been high-status members of a local, now anonymous, tribal group. This earthwork is a feature of principal archaeological interest.

The State Historical Commission often uses a very particular and descriptive primary title on their green markers for such important prehistoric earthen mounds.

Task: Find the marker and state the exact four-word primary title that is prominently displayed at the top to complete this challenge.

SOLUTION: Dr. Thorne's fictional field notes describe a Woodland period (ca. 100 B.C. - A.D. 400) funerary earthwork for high-status individuals, with an associated village site located to its southwest across a major roadway. These archaeological and geographical details lead to the Prehistoric Indian Burial Mound located just off Highway 45 Alternate, south of West Point.