Archeology

Archeological research at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is conducted by the National Park Service in collaboration with the Penobscot Tribal Historical Preservation Office, Maine Historic Preservation Commission, and other independent cultural resources management firms confirms more than 11,000 years of continuous habitation of this area.

Based on limited archeological surveys within the monument and records from nearby areas, there is a rich archeological record within the monument that likely spans the entirety of human occupation of this region, since at least the time of the last Ice Age. Other archeologic and historic resources related to the lumber industry (including the areas of historic logging camp locations) and early exploration of the area likely date back to the early 1800s.