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CHAPTER 2<br />

CULTURE HISTORICAL CONTEXT<br />

This chapter examines part <strong>of</strong> the culture history lor Maine and New<br />

Brunswick, along with applicable material from the remainder <strong>of</strong> the Marilime<br />

Provinces, southern New England, Quebec, and Labrador. External influences<br />

have had some effect on the study area and these have to be considered when<br />

describing the cuttural sequence. A map showing the sites mentioned in the<br />

text is provided in Figure 1.<br />

Several problems exist with defining the chronology for New Brunswick and<br />

Maine. First, pr<strong>of</strong>essional archaeology in this area has not had a lengthy history<br />

(Connelly 1977; Spiess 1985). This has resulted in large areas <strong>of</strong> the region<br />

receiving little attention and consequently, the chronology <strong>of</strong> some areas is<br />

poorly known. For example, little research has been conducted in interior New<br />

Brunswick and attempts to generalize about the prehistory <strong>of</strong> the province as a<br />

whole have frequently required appflCation <strong>of</strong> data from other parts <strong>of</strong> the<br />

province. Because <strong>of</strong> this factor, generalized chronologies for the region must<br />

be considered cautiously.<br />

Secondly, the soils from the region are frequently acidic, yielding generally<br />

poor organic preservation. This limits the amount <strong>of</strong> data available on prehis­<br />

toric material culture and, therefore, restricts the scolJe <strong>of</strong> retrievable informa­<br />

tion. This problem, in conjuction with the short history 01 research in the area,

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