Archaeology in the Cape Porpoise Archipelago
Come learn from local archaeologist Tim Spahr about his research at Cape Porpoise sites threatened by sea level rise.
Reservations
Not Required
Pricing
- Suggested Donation: $5.00
Location
Mather Auditorium
This presentation will discuss the archaeological research conducted in the Cape Porpoise Archipelago since 2016 by the Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance (CPAA), which is a partnership program of the Brick Store Museum and Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. CPAA is a professionally led program that encourages citizen science efforts in documenting evidence of sites threatened by global sea level rise. Research there has documented 7,000 years of human occupation providing new information to the archaeological record of the Far Northeast.
This Ted Exford Climate Stewards lecture is supported by Dave & Loretta (Exford) Hoglund.
About the Presenter
Tim Spahr is the principal investigator of the Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance; a partnership program of the Brick Store Museum and Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. His focus of study includes Precontact coastal archaeology and visual anthropology as it relates to archaeological imagery. Tim’s papers, articles and essays can be found in the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, the Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin and Archaeology Now.
Tim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic and Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies from Harvard University. He is a retired Maine Game Warden and veteran of the United States Coast Guard.