Abstract

In 2019, Professional archaeologists and volunteers of the Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance (CPAA) excavated and recovered the remains of a dugout canoe that was located during a surface survey of the Cape Porpoise tidal flats in Kennebunkport, Maine. A sample of the canoe dated to between AD 1275 and 1380 making it the oldest known from the region. Three days later, a CPAA citizen scientist returned to the site and recovered the remains of a paddle that carbon dated to a time that is contemporaneous to the canoe. A report of a later Woodland period dugout canoe from Cape Porpoise, Maine, USA was published in 2020 providing new insight into pre-Contact watercraft technology in the Far Northeast and emphasizing the promise of citizen science initiatives for identifying and recovering delicate archaeological materials that are exposed and under threat from rapidly changing coastlines. This is an addendum to that report that offers additional and supporting information.

摘要

2019 年，海豚角考古联盟 (CPAA) 的专业考古学家和志愿者挖掘并回收了一艘独木舟的残骸，该独木舟是在对缅因州肯纳邦克波特的海豚角潮滩进行表面调查时发现的。独木舟的样本可追溯到公元 1275 年至 1380 年之间，使其成为该地区已知最古老的独木舟。三天后，一名 CPAA 公民科学家返回现场，发现了一把桨的残骸，其碳年代测定与独木舟的时代相同。一份关于来自缅因州海豚角的后期林地时期独木舟的报告，《美国》于 2020 年出版，提供了对远东北部接触前船只技术的新见解，并强调了公民科学倡议对识别和恢复因快速变化的海岸线而暴露和威胁的脆弱考古材料的承诺。这是该报告的附录，提供了额外的支持信息。