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  2. Willard Brook Quarry - Wikipedia

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    Added to NRHP. September 26, 1986. The Willard Brook Quarry is a prehistoric stone quarry site in a remote portion of Piscataquis County, Maine. The quarry site is located on one of a series of outcrops near Munsungan Lake in north-central Maine, all of which have yielded stone tools found at prehistoric sites throughout northern New England.

  3. Munsungan-Chase Lake Thoroughfare Archeological District

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    The Munsungan-Chase Lake Thoroughfare Archeological District encompasses a series of important archaeological sites in a remote area of northern Maine, United States.These sites offer evidence of human habitation dating to not long after the retreat of the glaciers following the Wisconsin glaciation, with extensive stone tool workshops working with red chert found in abundance in the area.

  4. Spiller Farm Paleoindian Site - Wikipedia

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    September 12, 2003. The Spiller Farm Paleoindian Site, designated Site 4.13 by the Maine Archaeological Survey, is a prehistoric archaeological site in Wells, Maine. Located overlooking a stream on the Spiller Farm property on Branch Road, it is an extensive site at which a fine collection of stone artifacts has been found, dating to c. 8,000 BCE.

  5. Mount Kineo - Wikipedia

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    Mount Kineo is a prominent geological feature located on a 1,150-acre (470 ha) peninsula that extends from the easterly shore of Moosehead Lake in the northern forest of Maine. With 700-foot (210 m) cliffs rising straight up from the water, it is the central feature of Mount Kineo State Park , a protected area of 800 acres (320 ha) managed by ...

  6. Goddard Site - Wikipedia

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    The Goddard Site is a prehistoric archaeological site in Brooklin, Maine. The site is notable for the large number of stone artifacts found, most of which were sourced at locations well removed from the area, and for the presence of worked copper artifacts. It is most widely known as the claimed location at which the Maine penny, a Norse coin ...

  7. Topsham quarries - Wikipedia

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    Topsham quarries. The Topsham quarries are located in the Cathance Nature Preserve in Topsham, Maine. The group of quarries consist of Havey Quarry, Trenton Quarry, Alice Staples Quarry, and Square Pit. These quarries were dug in the 1800s for minerals. Today Havey Quarry is owned by Richard Carrier and is still used for collecting minerals.

  8. List of earliest tools - Wikipedia

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    Stone tools Sterkfontein Member 5 [47] 1.1-1.6 Ma South Africa Southern Africa Stone tools, Homo and Paranthropus remains Barranco León [48] 1.2-1.4 Ma Spain Western Europe Stone tools, animal bones, bone flakes Bois de Riquet US 2 [49] [50] 1.2 Ma France Western Europe Stone tools Wolo Sege, So'a Basin [51] 1 Ma Flores, Indonesia Island ...

  9. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to Marble.com, in 2016 there were 276 quarries producing natural stone in 34 states, and states producing the most granite were Texas, Massachusetts, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia. [1] The term "quarry" refers also to sites producing aggregate, molding sand, or other resources besides cut stone.

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