The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast

Most archaeological research in North America is cultural resource management, or CRM. This type of archaeology is conducted to protect archaeological sites from development, or mitigate the effects of that development on archaeological sites/resources. Your hosts are joined by Trevor Dow of Ecofor Consulting this fortnight to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of CRM. Show Notes Ecofor: h...

Well, dear listener, we’ve reached the end of another year. Thanks for joining us each fortnight or so to talk shop. We’re looking forward to talking to you more in 2024. Until then, happy holidays to you and yours. Show notes: Cardamom+Banana Vieux Carre: https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/cardamom-banana-vieux-carre/ Campo Enoteca https://campoenoteca.com/ Gado-Gado (Portland, OR) : https://www.g...

We’re joined this week by one of the legends of New Brunswick archaeology, none other than David Black. Dave joins us to discuss the important contributions on avocational archaeologists to understanding New Brunswick’s past. For those of you eager to see some of the local applications of Bonnie Pitblado’s advice from last show, this one’s for you. Dave also discusses some of the foundational rese...

This fortnight, Ken and Gabe chat with Dr. Bonnie Pitblado (University of Oklahoma) about her work as the chair of the SAA Task Force on Archaeologist-Collector Collaborations, how collectors contribute to the understanding of early archaeology in OK, PAN(cakes), and how we can all find harmony through heritage in these important professional-avocational relationships. Show Notes Pitblado, Bonnie...

Show Notes Once upon a time in a secret smokefilled hotel room in Membertou, Darryl Kelman shared some of the deepest secrets of regional archaeology with your humble hosts to share some secret documents and other arcana; there were unspeakable rights, and quite a few unspeakable wrongs, too. We can’t share that with you, though. This fortnight Ken and Gabe are joined by Darryl, one of the Maritim...

This fortnight, Gabe and Ken discuss Gabe's recent eventful trip to the Eastern States Archeological Federation Annual Meeting in Ocean City Maryland, and Gabe gets us caught up with friends and colleagues from across the Northeast in the mobile studio, NJ diner interview and food recommendations incoming. We're also thrilled to announce our newest sponsors, the University of Lethbridge Office of...

This fortnight, Gabe and Ken are joined from west of the Rockies by PhD student (University of Alberta) and pseudoarchaeology expert Stephanie Halmhofer to talk about what pseudoarchaeology is, how you can prebunk and defuse pseudoarchaeological narratives, and the curious case of Brother XII. Show Notes Stephanie's work and activities can be found at: Bones, Stones, and Books: https://bonesstones...

This fortnight we’re joined by Matt Betts, Curator of Eastern Canadian Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History. We discuss what we think are some of the big questions are in regional archaeology. (Looking for an MA or a PhD project? Listen for some of Matt’s suggestions!) Show Notes Matt’s HMS Terror Book: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Dr-Matthew-Betts/a/3993 Matt and Gabe’s Archaeology of...

Show Notes This fortnight, we’re kicking off season two in conversation with Emily Draicchio, who recently defended her MA thesis, “Excavating Archives: Mapping Enslaved People and Locating their Living Quarters in New Brunswick’s Loyalist Landscape” at UNB. We discuss Black Loyalists and the forgotten history of slavery in Atlantic Canada. And we have a new Ecofor prize winner for NB Archaeology...

This podcast belongs in a museum! It's our first podcast crossover, as Gabe and Ken are welcomed on to the Screens of the Stone Age Podcast joining hosts Joshua Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett to review and discuss our second Indiana Jones Movie - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . Is the movie good? Can you survive a nuclear blast in a refrigerator? Why Shia LeB...

There's a new Doctor in the house! We’re back after our own great hiatus! Join us this week while Dr. Ken Holyoke tells us about his recently defended dissertation and provides some advice for folks considering studying for a PhD. And congrats to Gillian! The first winner of the Ecofor prize draw. https://www.ecofor.ca/ Hit pieces Newsom, B., Soctomah, D., Blackwood, E., & Brough, J. (2023). I...

In this episode, Ken and Gabe are talking about the Downeast Maine Archaeological Field School directed by none other than your co-host Gabe Hrynick and our colleagues Arthur Anderson and Matt Betts. Gabe also took the microphone to the field and recorded a series of short interviews with fieldschool students and collaborators which you will have the pleasure of listening to. This is our most imme...

[SPOILER ALERT!!] This week Gabe and Ken review the new Indiana Jones movie Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny . We talk about the film, its impact, where it fits in the series, and how we could all go easier on Dr. Jones. Show Notes: CP Snow’s “The Two Cultures”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Cultures Trigger’s History of Archaeological Thought: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/his...

This fortnight Ken and Gabe get well outside of their comfort zone and talk about historical archaeology. St. Onge, forts, and trade goods, oh my! Your hosts are about to start their summer field seasons and Ken needs to finish his dissertation so our summer schedule will be more erratic, but you’ll still be hearing from us. Remember to send in your finished Bingo card to be entered into the swag...

This fortnight, Ken and Gabe discuss early Indigenous-European contacts in New Brunswick. The Far Northeast was the second earliest site of sustained Indigenous-European interaction, and events here fundamentally shaped North American history. Tune in this fortnight to hear about this collision of histories, the importance of cod and furs, and for Ken and Gabe to fail to answer the question “how m...

In this marathon episode—did you know marathon actually refers to the legend Philippides?—Ken and Gabe tangent their way through the Late Maritime Woodland. By the time the balthazar—a large format bottle named, incidentally for one of the biblical magi, another word for “wise man” in the Anglo-Catholic tradition—of Courvoisier–which is a drink—was gone, the sun was rising and both of your intrepi...

After excising the Middle Palaeoindian and Middle Archaic periods, Ken and Gabe finally found a taxonomic middle worth keeping: the Middle Maritime Woodland period (2200-1300). This week they discuss Hopewell, shell heaps, bipoints, dentate ceramics, and much more. Make sure to check out the NB Arch Pod Bingo Card by Wally. NB Arch Pod Bingo Wally’s New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast Bingo card: ht...

This week, Ken and Gabe pointed the Smith-Wintemberg limo toward Membertou for the 55th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Meeting. Special thanks to all the folks who agreed to interviews. Check out the links below, and we’ll talk to you again in about a fortnight. Show Notes Arthur Anderson (UNE): https://www.une.edu/testimonial/arthur-anderson Sara Beanlands (Boreas): http://www.boreash...

Welcome to the Early Maritime Woodland period (3000 - 2200 BP)! Ken and Gabe chat about this period especially as it relates to big inter-regional interaction spheres (like Adena) and technological developments (like ceramics). If you see us in Membertou for the CAAs next weekend, say hi and pick up a sticker. Show notes: Nova Scotia Pebbles: https://atlanticgeosciencesociety.ca/wp-content/uploads...

In this episode, Ken and Gabe discuss the Transitional Archaic (ca. 4000-3000 years ago). Mostly we talked about the Susquehanna phenomenon in Maine and the Maritimes, and what we don’t know takes up more of the show than what we do. We’ve also got a special lost interview from Ken’s adventure at the SAA. Finally, a big thanks to all of you who have tuned in and helped us cross the 1000 listens th...

Ken just got back from the 88th annual Society for American Archaeology meeting in Portland, Oregon. Gabe and Ken talk about conferences in general, and describe SAA meetings. Ken gives a brief rundown of the paper he presented this year. For a special treat we also have a series of mini-interviews from some of our colleagues who were at the SAA (beginning at about 51 minutes in). Show notes: SAA...

This week, Ken and Gabe discuss the Late Maritime Archaic (ca. 5500-3500 years ago). Please note that we discuss burials in this episode. We update perceptions of the “Red Paint People” and argue for cultural continuity across the Far Northeast and talk about sociocultural complexity among hunter-gatherers. Hit pieces “The Repatriation Project” https://www.propublica.org/series/the-repatriation-pr...

Welcome to the first special episode of the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast! This week we were joined by Dr. Bill Farley, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Southern Connecticut State University to discuss publishing in archaeology. We talk about why archaeologists publish, what the process of publishing involves, and offer some advice for students or early career folks looking to publish th...

In this episode, Ken and Gabe talk about the period between about 9500 and 5000 years ago, and the hiatus that wasn’t. Like the Archaic, we try to go deep on this program, but unlike the Early Archaic, we try to be high visibility. If you enjoy the show, we’d love if you told a friend about it. And don’t touch that dial: we’ve got some special programming as well as our usual fortnightly programmi...

In this episode, Gabe and Ken talk about the first archaeologically known people in New Brunswick: the Palaeoindians. We begin with a continental approach to the big three temporal divisions–Clovis, Folsom, and Plano–then narrow our discussion down the New England-Maritimes Region. We wrap with a discussion of Palaeoindian archaeology in New Brunswick. See you in a couple weeks for the start of th...