 There is much speculation about the transhumance of these early peoples – some hypotheses posit that settlement occupation would cause populations of people to live inland during the summer and by the coast during the winter.However, there is not much archaeological evidence to suggest this, and it’s more likely that there were ethnic boundaries between groups of people and that transhumance was not occurring, meaning that populations were staying coastal or inland year-round.The Damariscotta River had been used by humans as early as 5,000 years ago based on archaeological evidence of midden sites along the banks.