Abandoned pits are frequently trash-filled. Plants and meat were also stored by drying, jerking, smoking, as known ethnographically. By far, Knife River Flint is the material of choice. Ground stone includes celts, mauls, hammerstones, grooved axes, abraders, grinding stones, nutting stones, etc. In the Trench, bone tools are dominated by agricultural implements.
Exotic items suggest participation in exchange networks.
Gulf, Atlantic, and Pacific coast shell artifacts, copper, pipestone, obsidian MMT folk were on periphery of Mississippian trade networks. Ceramics MMT ceramics are mostly large globular jars, but bowls and small jars occur. MMT ceramics are classified according to ware and type. Type classifications are based mostly on rim and shoulder decoration techniques and patterns. There are many of these Ceramics help distinguish between the three MMT variants.