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Category: state agencies
Goals: To conduct a statewide survey of historic and archaeological resources and to protect these resources.
Current Programs:
Coastal surveys for prehistoric and historic archaeological sites, including Native American shell-heaps, early colonial settlements, and shipwrecks; and analysis of prehistoric food animal remains (shellfish, fish, marine mammals, birds) from coastal shell-heaps.
Historic and prehistoric site inventories, as well as architectural inventories; evolving state plan (2 volumes) establishing survey and protection priorities; early photograph archives; slide collections; bibliographies; file survey reports; and published scientific studies.
Resources: see above
County: Cumberland Hancock Kennebec Knox Lincoln Penobscot Sagadahoc Waldo Washington York
Region: southwest coast Casco Bay midcoast Mt. Desert Island downeast central
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