Pentagoet Archeological District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Pentagoet Archeological District
nrhp_type = nhld


caption =
location= Castine, Maine
locmapin = Maine
area =
built =1629
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= April 12, 1993cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2148&ResourceType=District
title=Old York Gaol |accessdate=2008-06-25|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 12, 1993
governing_body = Private
refnum=93000603cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Pentagoet Archeological District is an National Historic Landmark District located in Castine, Maine. This district forms part of the traditional homeland of the Wabanaki Indians, in particular the Penobscot tribe. In the colonial period, Wabanakis frequented the fortified trading post at this site, bartering moosehides, sealskins, beaver and other furs in exchange for European commodities. [For a freely accessible digital text on Wabanaki culture and history on the Maine seacoast, including much detail on Fort Pentagoet, see "Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island 1500-2000," by Harald E.L. Prins and Bunny McBride (National Park Service, 2007) http://www.nps.gov/acad/historyculture/ethnography.htm ]

The district was added to the National Historic Register in 1993.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] [ [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2148&ResourceType=District NHL Listing information] ]

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