Yesterday we discussed Hopewell mounds, many of which are earthen embankments. The Hopewell road is a series of sites running from Newark to Chillicothe, in the state of Ohio. Other mounds at this time are burials capped by mounds. In western Tennessee, near Jackson, is the Pinson Mound Group. There is very little residential evidence.
Most materials are ceremonial, including a human skull rattle.
Almost 300-400 years later maize became more important. Population increased and dispersed. In this area this period is known as the Patrick Phase. There was a variety of settlement types, with small aggregated villages, with small rectangular houses as well as the keyhole type. Archaeologists believe there was a segmentary lineage organization at this time.