Prehistoric Archaeology
Excavating a pit Archeological Dig Field site
Prehistoric Archaeology encompasses research on the time periods before the written record. Here at UMaine, we conduct research and student training on a wide variety of interdisciplinary, archaeological topics, including paleonutrition, geoarchaeology, paleoecology, population mobility, zooarchaeology, and paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Geographically, most of our research is conducted in the Americas, with projects in the Northeastern U.S. and Maritime Provinces, southwestern U.S., Peru, and Cuba, although some of our paleoecological research is conducted in Australia and the islands along the Great Barrier Reef. Prehistoric Archaeology at UMaine combines the interdisciplinary expertise of a number of researchers to answer broad-based questions regarding humans, culture, environment, and the past.

Faculty

Brian Robinson, Paul Roscoe, Daniel Sandweiss, David Sanger, Kristin Sobolik, and Rick Will
Research
Projects:

Quebrada Jaguay: Early South American Maritime Adaptations
Daniel Sandweiss

DNA analysis of human paleofeces

Kristin D. Sobolik

Children's health in the prehistoric southwest
Kristin D. Sobolik

Paleoindian Mobility and Aggregation Patterns
Brian Robinson

Contributions to Science:
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