MOOREHEAD— RED-PAINT PEOPLE 



western and southern cemeteries look recent or fresh: the earth in 

 them seems loose and disturbed, whereas in Maine there is solidity 

 and compactness almost approaching restratification. 



If the Red-paint graves in Maine are of Beothuck origin, there 

 has occurred a very marked and unusual modification of art forms 

 in ensuing years, for it is quite clear from the exploration that the 

 Beothuck types of artifacts presented by Mr Howley are not those 

 of the Red-paint People of Maine. It would seem that we have not 

 quite solved the problem, unless the Maine remains are those of a 

 pre-Beothuck people of another culture. 



Department of Archaeology, Phillips Academy 

 Andover, Massachusetts 



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