It was probably a small group of people who used the urn field for several centuries (1100 - 700 BC). They probably practised ladang-style agriculture. At the end of the nineteenth century, perhaps two hundred mounds were still present, but urn pickers looted many urns. After 2000, much of the urn field was archaeologically surveyed. The burial mounds were then restored.
Boshoverheide is part of the Natura 2000 area Weerter- en Budelerbergen & Ringselven.