Abstract

New excavations were undertaken at the Hathaway site, Passadumkeag, Maine, in the summer, of 1968. The site had been excavated twice before (by Moorehead in 1912 and by Hadlock and Stern in 1947), but nevertheless it was regarded as being potentially most useful for the renewed investigation of the Archaic Stage in Maine generally and the Moorehead Cemetery Complex in particular. A total of four burial types were discovered, only one of which was previously known at this site. One new example was a large pit containing the remains of an extended burial. Another was a partial cremation in which about half the original skeletal material was unexpectedly preserved. An adjacent and coeval habitation site was also located. Artifacts from previous excavations have been assembled, thus making possible the first comprehensive report of an Archaic Stage cemetery in northern New England and the Maritimes.