This well-illustrated book reflects upon two decades of excavation and research at the Turner Farm site in Maine, and details its rich diversity of organic and cultural remains spanning 5,000 years of coastal occupation.
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`An impressive piece of work...This is nothing less than good, solid archaeological research.'
Journal of Field Archaeology, 1998
`Bourque's careful review of the intellectual history of previous scenarios of the past in the Northeast and beyond is well laid out for all to see....Give the book a good read; I trust you will enjoy it as much as I did.'
from the Foreword by Stepen Williams, Peabody Professor of American Archaeology, Emeritus, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Journal of Field Archaeology, 1998
`Bourque's careful review of the intellectual history of previous scenarios of the past in the Northeast and beyond is well laid out for all to see....Give the book a good read; I trust you will enjoy it as much as I did.'
from the Foreword by Stepen Williams, Peabody Professor of American Archaeology, Emeritus, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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As analysis of the Turner Farm data has progressed, I have been surprised at the geographic extent over which we must range to understand what was happening at the site and, conversely, in the region for which the site provides new insights: from Labrador to Florida and from Nova Scotia to the Great Lakes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
swordfish rostrum, coarsely crushed shell, bone inhumation, pecked tools, inn blades, shoreward zone, incisor tools, swordfish bone, striking platform remnants, cremation features, faunal seasonality, redeposited subsoil, small stemmed points, ground slate points, slate bayonets, cremation deposit, pecking stones, lithic source areas, mortuary features, upward mixture, stemmed bifaces, primary inhumation, maritime exploitation, mortuary ceremonialism, plow zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Maritime Archaic, New England, New York, Penobscot Bay, Gulf of Maine, North America, Red Paint, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Middle Archaic, North Haven, Lazygut Island, Savannah River, Indian Knoll, Stallings Island, Eddington Bend, Maine State Museum, Maritime Provinces, New Hampshire, Otter Creek, Presumpscot Formation, Absent Moose, Charcoal Pit, Canadian Shield, Conary Cove New!
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As analysis of the Turner Farm data has progressed, I have been surprised at the geographic extent over which we must range to understand what was happening at the site and, conversely, in the region for which the site provides new insights: from Labrador to Florida and from Nova Scotia to the Great Lakes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
swordfish rostrum, coarsely crushed shell, bone inhumation, pecked tools, inn blades, shoreward zone, incisor tools, swordfish bone, striking platform remnants, cremation features, faunal seasonality, redeposited subsoil, small stemmed points, ground slate points, slate bayonets, cremation deposit, pecking stones, lithic source areas, mortuary features, upward mixture, stemmed bifaces, primary inhumation, maritime exploitation, mortuary ceremonialism, plow zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Maritime Archaic, New England, New York, Penobscot Bay, Gulf of Maine, North America, Red Paint, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Middle Archaic, North Haven, Lazygut Island, Savannah River, Indian Knoll, Stallings Island, Eddington Bend, Maine State Museum, Maritime Provinces, New Hampshire, Otter Creek, Presumpscot Formation, Absent Moose, Charcoal Pit, Canadian Shield, Conary Cove New!
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- Holocene Human Ecology in Northeastern North America (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) by George P. Nicholas in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Glaciated Coasts by Peter S. Rosen in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Early Woodland Archaeology (Kampsville Seminars in Archaeology, 2) by Kenneth B. Farnsworth in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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