Ceramic Period Maine

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And as in all cultures and evidenced in the archaeological record technologies and traditions changed over time. Manufacturing techniques appear to remain similar however. By artifacts and faunal material from six ceramic period shell midden sites located in the st. This study reveals that ceramic period coastal hunter gatherers in maine used an assortment.

Another technological change occurred at about 2800 years ago as maine native americans adopted or borrowed from further south along the atlantic coast the making of fired clay pottery. Hunter gatherer estuarine adaptations in the st. Native people have lived in the area now called maine for many thousands of years. Make offer pair vintage andersen design studio art pottery birds fledgling robin wren maine.

The upper damariscotta river is famous for its enormous oyster shell heaps also called middens. George river estuary in maine. The information that we have indicates that a paper copy may be located at maine historic preservation commission augusta. Native americans created the middens over a period of about a thousand years between 2 200 and 1 000 years ago.

And as in all cultures and evidenced in the archaeological record technologies and traditions changed over time. George river drainage. Submit correction comment requires login. Ceramic period linear incised pottery sherd the most recent prehistoric maine pottery tends to have much thinner walls than do earlier pots.

1989 the archaic ceramic period transition in new brunswick and maine. Ceramic period occupation of the central maine coast. This sherd specimen is decorated with linear incision linear. Sign in view cart help.

Vessels were sometimes collared and vessel form was often less conical. The abbe museum is a private non profit. Archaeologists call the last 2800 to 3000 years or so of maine pre contact culture the ceramic period. Masters thesis memorial university of newfoundland.