We propose a `phase diagram for particulate systems that interact via purely repulsive contact forces, such as granular media and colloidal suspensions. We identify and characterize two distinct classes of behavior as a function of the input kinetic energy per degree of freedom $T_0$ and packing fraction deviation above and below jamming onset $Delta phi=phi - phi_J$ using numerical simulations of purely repulsive frictionless disks. Iso-coordinated solids (ICS) only occur above jamming for $Delta phi > Delta phi_c(T_0)$; they possess average coordination number equal to the isostatic value ($< z> = z_{rm iso}$) required for mechanically stable packings. ICS display harmonic vibrational response, where the density of vibrational modes from the Fourier transform of the velocity autocorrelation function is a set of sharp peaks at eigenfrequencies $omega_k^d$ of the dynamical matrix evaluated at $T_0=0$. Hypo-coordinated solids (HCS) occur both above and below jamming onset within the region defined by $Delta phi > Delta phi^*_-(T_0)$, $Delta phi < Delta phi^*_+(T_0)$, and $Delta phi > Delta phi_{cb}(T_0)$. In this region, the network of interparticle contacts fluctuates with $< z> approx z_{rm iso}/2$, but cage-breaking particle rearrangements do not occur. The HCS vibrational response is nonharmonic, {it i.e} the density of vibrational modes $D(omega)$ is not a collection of sharp peaks at $omega_k^d$, and its precise form depends on the measurement method. For $Delta phi > Delta phi_{cb}(T_0)$ and $Delta phi < Delta phi^*_{-}(T_0)$, the system behaves as a hard-particle liquid.
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