Willard Brook Quarry
Willard Brook Quarry | |
Nearest city | Chesuncook, Maine |
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Area | 160 acres (65 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 86002182[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 26, 1986 |
The Willard Brook Quarry is a prehistoric stone quarry site in a remote portion of
The quarry site consists of a series of depressions ringed by debris, which were interpreted by lead investigator Robson Bonnichsen as resulting from native mining operations when analyzed in the 1980s. Archaeological excavation in and around some of these depressions yielded stone blocks, cores, and stone flakes. The stone blocks showed evidence of crushing along their edges, suggesting that leverage was used along natural fissure lines to free them.[2]
The finds of the Willard Quarry site have prompted a reevaluation of the means by which natives gathered stone from the region's stone outcrops. The concentration of lithic materials at this site, when compared with a general lack of such concentration in similar areas along other outcrops suggests that it may have been more common for natives to gather fallen stone, rather than engaging in explicit quarrying and mining activity.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Bouras, Edward; Evans, Garret (Spring 2006). "A New Look at Munsungan: Excavations at the Ray Carter Site" (PDF). Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin. 46 (1).