Landscapes of Memory and Meaning at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Northeast Region National Park Service Archeological Landscapes and the Stories They Tell" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

New NPS unit Katahdin Woods and Waters is establishing a management framework to help shape visitor’s experience and manage cultural and natural resources. As part of long-term management planning for Katahdin’s resources, a Northeast Region team in partnership with members of the Penobscot Nation are employing a multi-disciplinary approach towards identifying significant archeological and natural resources.

A predictive model will be developed to identify potentially significant cultural and natural resources using variables that include traditional ecological knowledge and the spiritual practices of the Native inhabitants of this region.

This valuable case study presents a synthesis of how the model was developed in context of this collaboration integrating different cultural pathways to approach memory and to understand meaning within a landscape that will provide a richer, more balanced, and consequential approach towards long-term resource management and interpretation.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
• Northeast Region National Park Service Archeological Landscapes and the Stories They Tell

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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