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History
Maine An Explorer’s Guide recounts Maine’s rich history through the places that still recall or dramatize it.
Native Americans have lived in Maine and eastern Canada for many
thousands of years, judging from shell heaps and artifacts found in
areas ranging from the coastal Damariscotta/Boothbay and Blue Hill
areas to the Rangeley Lakes in western Maine. Ancient pictographs can
be found on the Kennebec River and around Machias Bay. An excellent
exhibit, 12,000 Years in Maine, in the Maine State Museum in
Augusta, depicts the distinct periods in this history and features the
Red Paint People, so named for the red pigments found sprinkled in
their burial sites. They flourished between 5,000 and 3,800 years ago
and are said to have fished from large, sturdy boats. The Abbe Museum (www.abbemuseum.org) in Bar Harbor is dedicated to showcasing the cultures of Maine’s Wabanaki,
the 7,000 members of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Micmac, and Maliseet
tribes who live in the state. The permanent collection of 50,000
objects ranges from 10,000-year-old artifacts to exquisite basketry and
craftswork from several centuries. The time line begins with the
present and draws visitors back through 10,000 years and to its core,
“the Circle of Four Directions.”