Maritime Culture Patterns and Animal Symbolism in Eastern Maine

Bibliographic Data

ID4626804
AuthorsBrian S Robinson (0000-0003-3422-7011, University of Maine, corresponding author), A Sky Heller (0000-0002-0680-3248, University of Maine)
Year2017
Volume1001
Issuesp10
Pages90-104
Publication date2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the North Atlantic (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1935-1933 • E-ISSN: 1935-1933
PublisherJournal of the North Atlantic (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3721/037.002.sp1009
OpenAlexW2588303026
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Coastal and maritime environments provide a whole series of environmental and geographical factors that are integrated into our understanding of past cultural landscapes. These include both advantageous factors such as enhanced bone preservation associated with shell, as well as more deleterious factors such as site loss from sea-level rise. Good preservation can provide opportunities to explore archaeologically the ritual aspects of human—animal relationships—distinguished from more utilitarian aspects of subsistence processing—for which substantial records of oral traditions and beliefs exist. Here we focus on examples from recent excavations on Machias Bay and Frenchman Bay in Maine, spanning 4000 years

Agriculture · Archaeology · Bay · Biology · Excavation · Fishery · Fur trade · Geography · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology

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