Preserving Maine’s ancient coastal heritage – A. Kelley & J. Kelley

Maine’s coastline is dotted with more than 2,000 archaeologically documented shell middens and virtually all of them are eroding into the ocean, some quite rapidly, which is putting valuable records of Maine’s cultural and environmental history at risk, says Alice Kelley, a geoarchaeologist at the University of Maine. It is a trend that is likely read more Preserving Maine’s ancient coastal heritage – A. Kelley & J. Kelley