[Field Trip: Munsungun: Early Man in Maine]

Date1983

Can DescriptionsProgram #15. Record date: May 6, 1983. // Explanation of a three year study started in 1979 at the Munsungun Lake region by Dr. Robson Bonnichsen of the University of Maine Anthropology Department. Studies focused on the early settlers of the region and Bonnichsen believes that the settlers were early descendants of Native Americans. Shots of the archaeological dig. Rusty Low comments on the excavation project and what sorts of artifacts have been recovered. Orono school teacher Craig Dickinson comments on his involvement. Cheryl Oliver talks about how she catalogs recovered artifacts the field laboratory. Items are then transferred to the University of Maine in Orono and entered into the computer system.

OtherCredits: A special thanks to the Institute for Quaternary Studies of the University of Maine and the Member Organizations of Northern Maine Woods, Inc. without whose help this “Field Trip” could not have been produced ; For MPBN Erik Van De Bogart for MSDECS John W. Boynton ; Produced and Directed by Charles Halsted ; Written by Chuc Halstead ; Audio: Patti Beane ; Video: Paul Martin ; Videotape: Mike Daigle ; Videographers: Jim Garvin, Chuc Halsted ; Graphics: Dick Wands, Keary Nichols, Ginni Lindlof ; Map Line Drawings: Alice Kelley ; Additional Resources Material: National Geographic Society ; Production Secretary: Millie Olson