15 Geoarchaeaology: Investigations and Techniques

Sunday, 17 March 2019
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Rhode Island Room

PALEOINDIAN SITE LOCATION AND SMALL SCALE SAND DUNES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MAINE

Paper number: 15-4
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 2:20 PM – 2:40 PM

Authors

  • Arthur Spiess Presenting Author
    Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Augusta, ME

Abstract

Across much of the New England-Maritimes-southern Quebec region, there is a clear association of Paleoindian sites and well-drained, sandy soils. For the most part, the sand was originally emplaced as the coarse-grained facies of near-shore marine deposits (deltas) during relative sea level retreat at least a millennium before Paleoindian occupations. Large-scale sand dune formation in central Maine has been ascribed to strong late glacial regional winds. Here we point out a number of associations of Paleoindian sites with smaller scale sand dunes that might have developed during or after Paleoindian occupation, during the Younger Dryas.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 51, No. 1

doi: 10.1130/abs/2019NE-328427

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