The sourced background on Caratunk Falls Archeological District.

The Caratunk Falls Archeological District is a complex of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites in the Solon, Maine area.

The Caratunk Falls Archeological District is a complex of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites in the Solon, Maine area. First identified in the 1960s as archaeologically significant, the site was mapped by state archaeologists in the early 1980s. At that time it was the single largest complex of archaeological significance in interior Maine, encompassing a period of human activity from the Archaic to the European contact period. The 16-acre (6.5 ha) area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.