Working Together for the Past: Maine's Casco Bay Islands Public Archaeology

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Maine’s island communities are the primary stewards of archaeological heritage. This project connects archaeologists, island communities, and natural and cultural heritage organizations in their shared concerns for preserving Maine’s shell midden sites, as these sites are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and development. This project connects current archaeological research to the different stakeholders by developing mobile exhibits and teaching materials with faunal and artifactual collections from the 1960s excavations on Goose Island and Little Chebeague Island as well as presenting information from excavations on the islands through a public archaeology program during the summer of 2022. These materials are used in public presentations with community groups to provide information about archaeological materials as they erode out of the islands’ shell middens as well as increasing awareness about what the study of shell middens can tell us about past cultures, environments, and resource distribution in order to aid in monitoring, protection, and preservation of these sites.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 37489.0