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assemblages have been identified as pertaining to the Tobique Complex, or
where components of the site were assigned to the transitional period in
question by the report's author or authors. All sites were professionally exca­
vated, so provenience data are, for the most part, available. These sites are
listed in Chapter 4.
A "chronological gap· appears at a pivotal point in the region's chronology
that has complicated the in-depth examination of cultural development for Maine
and the Maritime Provinces. In this chapter, a series of hypotheses were
presented lor testing. This may lead to clarification of this time period.
Chapter 2 represents a description of the region's culture history during the
lale and Terminal Archaic and Early Ceramic Periods. The environmental
context for these time periods is described in Chapter 3. Artifact descriptions
ar,d analyses are presented in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 describes the
conclusions of the research.