Late Paleo-Indian Remains from Maine and their Correlations in Northeastern Prehistory

Recent archaeological surveys and collection analyses in Maine have led to the identification of nine sites attributable to the Late Paleo-Indian period. The sites include both riverine and lacustrine locations and are defined on the basis of diagnostic lithic artifacts, primarily lanceolate parallel-flaked projectile points and other related forms. A detailed analysis of these lithic remains, coupled with a review of late Pleistocene-early Holocene environmental conditions and the site settings, are utilized to reconstruct human adaptation in Maine during the Late Paleo-Indian period, ca. 6,000 B.C. to 8,000 B.C. The cultural remains are also related to other materials known locally and throughout much of the Northeast, leading to tentative recognition of a distinctive, but poorly known, northeastern Late Paleo-Indian manifestation centered on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence drainage.

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