The Nodena phase is an archaeological phase in eastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri of the Late Mississippian culture which dates from about 1400–1650 CE. The Nodena phase is known from a collection of villages along the Mississippi River between the Missouri Bootheel and Wapanocca Lake. They practiced extensive maize agriculture and artificial cranial deformation and were members of a continent wide trade and religious network known as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, which brought chert, whelk shells, and other exotic goods to the area. The Spanish Hernando de Soto Expedition is believed to have visited several sites in the Nodena phase in the early 1540s, which is usually identified as the Province of Pacaha. Settlement pattern Nodena phase sites are found in three geographic subdistricts: the Wilson-Joiner, the Wapanocca Lake, and the Blytheville subdistricts. Wilson-Joiner subdistrict Nodena site - The Nodena site is the type site for the Nodena phase, located east of Wilson, Arkansas in Mississippi County on a meander bend of the Mississippi River. The Nodena site was discovered and first documented by Dr. James K. Hampson, archaeologist and owner of the plantation on which the site is located. Artifacts from this site are on display in the Hampson Museum State Park in Wilson. Pecan Point site (3 Ms 78) - excavated by Clarence B. Moore in 1910 or 1911 Wapanocca Lake subdistrict The largest site in the Wapanocca Lake district is the Bradley site (3 Ct 7). The Bradley Site and its nearby cluster of towns and villages (3 Ct 9, 3 Ct 43, 3 Ct 14, 3 Ct 17, Banks site) are considered good candidates for the Pacaha capital and the other nearby villages visited by the de Soto expedition. Blytheville subdistrict Campbell Archeological Site (23 Pm 5) - The site is in southeastern Missouri and was occupied from 1350 to 1541 CE. It features a large mound and village, as well as a cemetery area. The site was excavated by amateur archaeologist Leo O. Anderson and Professor Carl Chapman from 1954 to 1968, they published the first material on the site in 1955. The site has yielded the largest number of Spanish artifacts of any prehistoric site in Southeastern Missouri. Finds at the site included glass chevron beads, a Clarksdale bell, iron knife fragments and part of a brass book binder. Chickasawba Mound (3 M 55) - also known as the Blytheville Mound, Chickasaw Mound, Gosnell