Climate Change Institute
University of Maine
S. Stevens Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5790
207-581-1897 Ph/Voicemail
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Sanger at maine.edu
The adaptation of hunter-gatherers to northern and temperate latitudes constitutes the major research interest. Current research emphasizes the pre-European period of Maine and adjacent Canada with particular interests in the ways people adapted to changing environmental conditions, both coastal and interior. Although, the nearly 2000 shell middens in Maine's coastal zone provide information on human adaptation to the rich ecosystem, sea-level rise limits the effective cultural record to less than 5,000 years. The first 5,000 years of the record occurs in interior sites, mostly located around Maine's extensive system of waterways and wetlands. A cultural ecological and technological approach to cultural systems permits an examination of the human-environment relations.
Sanger, D. and B. Newsom, 2000, Middle Archaic in the lower Piscataquis River, and its relationship to the Laurentian Tradition in central Maine. The Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin, 40(1), 1-22.
Almquist, H., Dieffenbacher-Krall, A., Flanagan-Brown, R., and D. Sanger, 2001, The Holocene record of lake levels of Mansell Pond, central Maine, USA, The Holocene 11(2):189-201.
Sanger, D., Kelley A, and H. Berry IV, 2001, Geoarchaeology at Gilman Falls,: an Archaic quarry and manufacturing site in central Maine, U.S.A., Geoarchaeology: an International Journal, 16 (6): 633-665.
Mack, K.E., Sanger, D., and A.R. Kelley. 2002. The Bob site: a multicomponent Archaic and Ceramic period site on Pushaw Stream, Maine. Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology, Number 12, Augusta. 156 pp.
Sanger, D., A. R. Kelley and H. Almquist,2003, Geoarchaeological and Cultural Interpretations in the Lower Penobscot Valley, Maine. In Current Topics in Northeast Geoarchaeology: Glaciated Landscapes, edited by J. Hart and D. Cremeens, pp. 135-150. New York State Museum, Bulletin 497, Albany, NY.