Thursday, March 26, 2009

Saving Petroglyphs on Machias Bay

UMaine is teaming up with the Passamaquoddy Tribe in order to save the Petroglyphs that are present on Machias Bay. These are very important to archaeology and are looked at as sacred to the Passamaquoddy Tribe so it was a joined effort to save these peices of history, for different reasons. The Machias bay petroglyph sight is the largest on the northeast coast and it is full of history that matters a lot to the Passamaquoddy people. Petroglyphs are made by ancient tribe members and they're made by fish and seal bones bones and clam shells.

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