At the Bynum site, Indians received raw materials and articles from distant areas through trade along trails that later became the Natchez Trace. Spool-shaped copper objects filled with lead were found with Bynum burials. Flint for tools and weapons came from as far away as the Ohio region, green stone for polished celts, or axes, was obtained from the Alabama-Tennessee Piedmont, and marine shells came from the Gulf Coast. The Indians also lived from the land by hunting, fishing, gathering wild berries, nuts, and fruit, and supplementing these activities by farming. Deer was the most common game animal, and its bones were used for tools and its skins for clothing. Cooking pots were made of clay mixed with sand or grit, and their surfaces were decorated with the impressions of fabrics or cords.
