Needed by museum: People who dig history ; The summer field school of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor will excavate a shell midden in Lamoine.

From: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) | Date: May 2, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

ISAAC KESTENBAUM News Assistant
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
05-02-2007
Needed by museum: People who dig history ; The summer field school of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor will excavate a shell midden in Lamoine.
Byline: ISAAC KESTENBAUM News Assistant
Edition: COAST
Section: LOCAL & STATE

At the Abbe Museum's Archaeology Field School, anyone can be an archaeologist - at least for a week.

This summer, from Aug. 12 to 17, the school will offer 10 people the chance to excavate a historical Maine Native American shell midden in coastal Lamoine.
The Bar Harbor museum works to further the ...

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