Archaeological Research on the Grand Falls Drainage, Eastern Maine

Conference Paper

Archaeological Research on the Grand Falls Drainage, Eastern Maine

Steven Cox

Abstract

Archaeological research on the Grand Falls drainage (west branch of the St. Croix) during the past decade has revealed a record of prehistoric settlement extending frorn Paleo-Indian to the historic period. We review the archaeological evidence, with particular attention to the Ceramic period. During the Ceramic Period evidence from artifact morphology and lithic materials suggests extensive contact with the Maritimes.