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Kineo–Traveller RhyoliteWhere a Maine toolstone turns up across North America

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Observations

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Region Identification Material label Period mentioned

Without map location

Current records are incomplete. Empty areas do not establish the network's limits.

Reported reach Detailed basemap

Some online tiles failed. Reference geography remains available.

Observation localitySource reference△Katahdin Region named in a reach accountPins are reference localities. Shaded regions are reported reach, not located finds or routes. Numbers count observations; select a group to zoom.

Source register

Reports, articles, theses, catalogs, and geographic references. Inclusion does not mean every source is fully read.

Search sources

Kennebec pilot

Procurement alternatives

A named-region experiment. These links are not mapped travel routes.

Procurement scenario Include assumed passages

Modern paddling and a 1775 expedition document some connections. Neither establishes prehistoric travel.

Evidence & next steps

Compare the published identifications, inspect their limits, and follow the questions that could change the interpretation.

Identification by region

Source observations, including overlapping publications. These counts measure the corpus, not artifact abundance or survey coverage. Select a count to inspect its records.

Visual / descriptiveChemical analysisNot specified

Chemical analysis includes tests that only exclude alternative sources; these are not counts of confirmed Kineo identifications. Period mentions may conflict and do not form a single dated sequence.

Records to examine

Next investigations

In priority order

Collection register

Catalog entries for follow-up. Raw stones, unresolved material labels and archival records stay outside archaeological observation counts and map pins.

Geological sources

Bedrock extent, glacial deposits and identified clasts answer different questions. No Kineo-specific secondary locality was verified in this pass.

Observation

About the evidence

A personal project rooted in a connection to Katahdin, exploring where Kineo and Traveller rhyolites appear and what their movement might tell us.

The corpus brings scattered publications together. Material identification can be visual, chemical, tentative, or disputed. A Kineo label does not establish a unique quarry, a direct journey, or trade: local glacial cobbles and other forms of movement remain possible.

Reading the map

The scope is North America. Current observations are concentrated in the Northeast because that is where the corpus began; empty regions do not establish a limit. Reported reach includes community accounts, historical publications, and other geographic claims while their underlying evidence is investigated.

Pins represent documented named localities using geographic reference points. Their placement is not an excavation coordinate. Each mapped observation explains its location basis. Published locations are used where supported; explicit confidentiality requests are retained.

Reading the records

Rows may describe one artifact, an assemblage, a collection, or a general statement. Multiple publications can overlap. Counts and dates retain their original scope; period filters match mentions and do not resolve competing chronologies. Identification methods are not confidence scores.

A working corpus

This is a preliminary evidence atlas, not a finished study. It preserves gaps and conflicting accounts and links to sources so that the evidence can be checked. The Connections view is a small experiment in assumptions, not a reconstruction of an established trade network.

Corrections and new sources

If a record is wrong, a locality is misplaced, or you know of a source that belongs here, email ashtonwilliamallen@gmail.com. Each record also has a Suggest a correction link with its ID filled in. Please include the citation, page and a link where you can. Suggestions are checked against the source before the atlas changes.

Basemap: Natural Earth; optional online map © OpenStreetMap contributors. Geographic point sources are linked in each location. Mapping library: Leaflet.