  {"id":24892,"date":"2021-11-16T09:37:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T14:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?p=24892"},"modified":"2021-11-18T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T16:34:07","slug":"shell-midden-research-receives-maine-historical-preservation-commission-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/2021\/11\/16\/shell-midden-research-receives-maine-historical-preservation-commission-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell midden research receives Maine Historical Preservation Commission grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15749 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/06\/StephenClaesonAtMidden-copy--300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Claeson kneeling at shell midden along shoreline\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/06\/StephenClaesonAtMidden-copy--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/06\/StephenClaesonAtMidden-copy--768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/06\/StephenClaesonAtMidden-copy--105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/06\/StephenClaesonAtMidden-copy--317x212.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/06\/StephenClaesonAtMidden-copy--423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/06\/StephenClaesonAtMidden-copy--634x423.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/06\/StephenClaesonAtMidden-copy--846x565.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/06\/StephenClaesonAtMidden-copy-.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>A 91福利 archaeological survey team has received a grant from the Maine Historical Preservation Commission to use technology to update the status of four prehistoric coastal shell middens in Lincoln County that are now on the National Register of Historic Places.<\/p>\n<p>The $23,000 MHPC grant, which has been matched by 91福利, supports a three-part project led by geoarchaeologist <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/people\/alice-kelley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alice Kelley<\/a>, an associate research professor in the Climate Change Institute. Kelley led the Mitchell Center-funded project, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/road-to-solutions\/road-to-solutions-sustainability-maines-coastal-cultural-heritage-creating-maine-midden-minder-network-database\/\">Sustainability for Maine\u2019s Coastal Cultural Heritage: Creating a Maine Midden Minder Network and Database<\/a>.\u201d She also works with Bonnie Newsom, who leads the new project, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/road-to-solutions\/wabanaki-voices-and-heritage-spaces-advancing-indigenous-community-engagement-in-shell-mound-research-documentation-and-management-in-maine\/\">Wabanaki Voices and Heritage Spaces: Advancing Indigenous Community Engagement in Shell Mound Research, Documentation and Management in Maine<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The MHPC grant supports expanding the reach of the ongoing <a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/middenminders\">Maine Midden Minders<\/a>\u00a0program, a citizen science project that documents and monitors erosion of Maine\u2019s shell middens and the valuable archaeological and environmental information they contain.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story at <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/news\/blog\/2021\/11\/05\/umaine-shell-midden-research-receives-maine-historical-preservation-commission-grant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">91福利 News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 91福利 archaeological survey team has received a grant from the Maine Historical Preservation Commission to use technology to update the status of four prehistoric coastal shell middens in Lincoln County that are now on the National Register of Historic Places. 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