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Charles Willougby conducted the first detailed excavations in 1892, for the Peabody Museum. Later work by Warren K. Moorehead from about 1912-1920 brought wider attention to the Red Paint People as well as controversy surrounding their identity.
R.S. Peabody Foundation in Andover Massachusetts. Photo courtesy of Dr. Nathan Hamilton 1890s- Willoughby is the first to scientifically excavate sites. 1912-1920s Moorehead, the director of the Peabody Museum, brought attention to the Red Paint People, and to the controversy surrounding their identity. Moorehead proposed that the Red Paint People were not related to the Algonquin tribes that inhabited the Maine territories of the Red Paint People at a later point in time. Instead Moorehead believed that the Red Paint People were an unrelated ancient culture. 1930s- Byers gained interest in the Red Paint People and studied the shell heaps of Maine conducted systematic excavations. Fred Johnson, an associate of Byers defined the problem of aging the Red Paint People. 1960s and 1970s- Work began on the turner Farm and Nevin site, two of the most significant sites located on the coast of Maine. Currently studies are being done of the faunal remains and artifacts to learn an even more deatail and accurate history about the Red Paint culture and habits.
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