Pam Crane

Pamela Crane

Pamela Crane obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Vermont in 1986. She received her Master of Arts Degree in History, Historic Archaeology Option, from the University of Maine in 1997. She has worked in archaeology for more than 20 years throughout the northeastern United States. Her Master’s thesis project concerned the historical archaeology of the Norridgewock Mission, site of a seventeenth- through eighteenth-century French Jesuit Mission and Abenaki village. Her research interests includes New England historical archaeology, historical landscapes, ethnicity, and material culture. Recent historical and archaeological research has included study of archaeology at the grounds of the 1755 Tate House, a historical museum belonging to the Colonial Dames of America; Fort Knox, Prospect, Maine; Forts Lee and Pickering, Salem, Massachusetts; the Ruggles House, Columbia Falls, Maine; the Scarborough Town Farm, Scarborough, Maine; and in association with the Abbe Museum, the Frenchman’s Bay Historical Sites Survey, Hancock County, Maine. Current projects include archaeological study of the Field/Bickford Garrison House in Durham, New Hampshire. From 1999 to 2005, Pam served as an instructor at the Maine State Museum sponsored archaeological field school at the site of the 1607-1608 Popham Colony in Phippsburg, Maine. Upon completion of field work, Pam continued her association with the project as Assistant Visiting Curator for the Maine State Museum’s and Maine Maritime Museum’s joint exhibit commemorating the Popham Colony’s 400th anniversary. She is on the Board of Trustees for the Ruggles House Society and the Maine Archaeological Society, where she also serves on the Education Committee. Pam is co-owner and a principle investigator of Crane & Morrison Archaeology, Freeport, Maine.