Prehistoric subsistence of coastal Maine : a zooarchaeological study of the Turner Farm site

The Turner Farm site (located on North Haven Island, Penobscot Bay, on the central Maine coast), excavated under the direction of Dr. Bruce Bourque of the Maine State Museum, has revealed occupations from 3300 B.C. to European contact.Zoological material has been collected, identified and analyzed w...

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Main Author: Morse, David R.
Other Authors: Swartz, B. K.
Format: Others
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/181201
http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/415718
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Summary:The Turner Farm site (located on North Haven Island, Penobscot Bay, on the central Maine coast), excavated under the direction of Dr. Bruce Bourque of the Maine State Museum, has revealed occupations from 3300 B.C. to European contact.Zoological material has been collected, identified and analyzed with artifactual data. The faunal remains of this site has been compared with existing archaeological and zoological data from coastal Maine. Conclusions have been presented about the subsistence of the site and the central Maine area in general.