Mary Hollandbeck uses a sifter to sort through soil samples while excavating a native habitation site on the UNE campus in Biddeford. Three students have spent the past week and a half excavating the site as part of a summer course.
UNE students Mary Hollandbeck and Kyle Brennan take measurements at an excavation site on the Biddeford campus.
Kyle Brennan and Mary Hollandbeck collect soil samples while excavating a native habitation site on the University of New England's Biddeford campus. Brennan said, "Every little piece gives us another part of the story.”
Jessica Brewer holds a piece of burnt bird bone for inspection with Mary Hollandbeck. The students all marine biology majors.
The rim of a ceramic cooking pot was found while UNE students excavate a native habitation site on the UNE campus. A bone was used to decorate the edge of the piece with small circles.
Mary Hollandbeck takes a soil sample while excavating a native habitation site on the UNE campus. Evidence from the current dig and previous excavations at the site have uncovered evidence of humans dating back thousands of years.
UNE students Mary Hollandbeck and Kyle Brennan take measurements of level and location while excavating a native habitation site on the UNE campus. The site is known to have been occupied by the Almouchiquois people in the early 17th century.
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