Willard Brook Quarry facts for kids
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Willard Brook Quarry
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| Nearest city | Chesuncook, Maine |
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| Area | 160 acres (65 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002182 |
| Added to NRHP | September 26, 1986 |
The Willard Brook Quarry is a very old place in Piscataquis County, Maine. Long, long ago, people dug here for special rocks. This quarry is found in a quiet, faraway part of Maine.
It's near Munsungan Lake, a place with many rocky hills. From these hills, people found rocks to make tools. These tools have been found all over northern New England. Native Americans often visited this area. They had many homes between Munsungan and Chase Lake. The Willard Brook Quarry shows us that Native Americans dug and mined to get rocks for their tools.
What is the Willard Brook Quarry?
The quarry site has many dips in the ground. These dips are surrounded by piles of rock pieces. In the 1980s, a scientist named Robson Bonnichsen studied these dips. He believed they were made by Native Americans mining for stone.
Digging for Clues
Archaeologists dug inside and around these dips. They found large stone blocks, rock cores, and small stone flakes. The edges of the stone blocks looked crushed. This suggests that people used tools to pry the rocks apart. They used the natural cracks in the rocks to break them free.
How Ancient People Got Their Stone
The discoveries at Willard Brook Quarry changed what we thought about how Native Americans collected stone. This site has a lot of rock pieces. Other similar rocky areas do not have as many. This makes scientists think that people might have mostly picked up fallen stones. It might have been less common for them to dig and mine for rocks.
