The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast

This fortnight we’re joined by Dr. Madeleine McLeester for a special love potion themed Valentines day episode. So whether you need a “bagger” to seduce your crush or you’re wondering how to interpret that graffiti on the brothel wall, we’ve got just the V-Day programming you’ve been looking for. We also talk about medicinal plants and landscape knowledge. So put out the roses, pour yourself a nice glass of sparkling Covassier, put the roses in a vase, and remember the reason for the season. Show NotesPaulette, Tate. 2024. In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia. Oxford. ”https://global.oup.com/academic/product/in-the-land-of-ninkasi-9780197682449?cc=ca&lang=en&Seifert, Donna J. 1991. Within Site of the White House: The Archaeology of Working Women. Historical Archaeology 25(4):82-108.Seifert, Donna J., and Joseph Balicki. 2005. Mary Ann Hall’s House. Historical Archaeology 39, (1):59-73.Hit PieceMcLeester, M. 2026 “All Plants Are Medicine”: Historical Menominee Medicinal-Plant Collection Practices, Wisconsin, U.S.A.. Historical Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-025-00585-0 CreditsSponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

This fortnight, we're back from our winter recording hiatus to bring your an interview we recorded before the winter, but an intro and outro that's as fresh as the 90 km/h chinook winds. Gabe and Ken spoke to Kelley Berliner who is the Eastern Regional Director at The Archaeological Conservancy about what her job entails (everything from real estate to alien bunkers under a river), how the archaeological conservancy secures, protects, and preserves archaeological sites, and weighs in once again on the merits of Ohio. Show Notes:The Archaeological Conservancy: https://www.thearchcons.org/https://www.youtube.com/@TheArchaeologicalConservancyAmundsen-Meyer, L., et al. (2026). Canada has too few professional archeologists, and that has economic consequences. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.p5af3xtusDave Leslie on cemetery GPR https://deathetseq.com/ Madsen, D. B., Davis, L. G., Williams, T. J., Izuho, M., Iizuka, F. (2025). "Characterizing the American Upper Paleolithic." Sci Adv 11(43): eady9545. 10.1126/sciadv.ady9545 Credits:Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

This fortnight we’re traveling with the Northeastern Archaeological Survey van to Fort William Henry and Lake George New York for a recap of the 2025 Eastern States Archaeological Federation Meeting held in Lake George, New York in November of 2025. In addition to commentary from Gabe and his colleagues and students on the ride through the snowy Northeast, you’ll hear from...Linda Seminario (DNREC) on salvage archaeology and public archaeologyZac Singer (State of Maryland) on the MD Fluted Point SurveyEmily Draicchio on Black Loyalists in NBSydney Dufresne (Salve Regina) on Geophysics at Revolutionary War era sites in Newport, and Mandy Ranslow (ConnDOT). And stay tuned! Next year’s meeting is in Connecticut. ESAF: https://esaf-archeology.org/index.htmlCreditsSponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces:Justin Hoenke

It’s the holidays! This fortnight, Gabe and Ken are sitting around the table at The Cardinal Room and talking food, drink, music, movies, and even a little bit of archaeology. We then turn it over to Producers Emanuel and Cody who dive into the creative process, AI and the singularity, and your song suggestions for the holidays. Pour yourself a festive beverage (some suggestions, below), listener, as we wrap up the year of the pod that was! See you in 2026!✨ Thank you for being part of the NBAP community. 🎁 Wishing you a Merry Christmas and happy holidays!Show NotesPauketat’s Cahokia, William Gibson’s Jackpot TrilogyLion’s Tail cocktail: Brad Parson’s AmaroNonna Maria Sofia’s LimoncelloPatisserie Jacqui, Hanover Street ChophouseBourbon & Butter, NevadosMusic sourced from the Top 5 Arch Spotify playlist (compliments of Emanuel):Mood — MakarClimbing the Ginso Tree — Gareth CokerWaiting for the Clouds — NujabesVeya, Pt. 1 — Fat JonDistant Land — MadlibAll music is credited to the original artists and copyright holders. This video does not claim ownership of any third-party audio used. The music is included for artistic and creative purposes only. If you are a rights holder and have any concerns regarding the use of your work, please contact us.Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

This fortnight we're getting biblical, and as we thread the needle between Hannukah and Christmas, we figured what better way than to head back to the source material. That's right, it's the Early Woodland in the Levant (aka the Iron age) and we've got Dr. Kevin McGeough (University of Lethbridge) on the Pod to talk about the Ark of the Covenant. Ken and Gabe have read Kevin's new book Readers of the Lost Ark and we get Kevin to answer all your questions: could it be a conduit to God? is it a weapon? is it an alien radio? and just how many Finnish mystics does it take to excavate the Temple Mount? Happy holidays, listener!Show NotesMcGeough, Kevin M. (2025). Readers of the Lost Ark: Imagining the Ark of the Covenant from Ancient Times to the Present. Oxford. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/readers-of-the-lost-ark-9780197653883 (also find it at Indigo and your favourite local bookseller!)Kevin McGeoughHeller, Steven. (2000). The Swastika: Symbol Beyond Redemption. Allworth Press, New York, NYCCRA : https://www.facebook.com/p/Canadian-Cultural-Resources-Association-61565057884135/survey linkCreditsSponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

This fortnight, Ken and Gabe sit down with Alexandre Pelletier-Michaud to discuss one of the most recognizable sites in New Brunswick archaeology, the Bristol-Shiktehawk Site. We delve into George Frederick Clarke, caches, Early Woodland ceremonialism, craft production, and Alex and Gabe come dangerously close to making us the New Brunswick pseudoarchaeology podcast. They're not Solutrean, but they could be leaves. Prepare your offering to Boognish, cause lordy, lordy he’s coming home.Show NotesClarke, George Frederick. 2016. Someone Before Us: Buried History in Central New Brunswick. Expanded Fourth Edition ed., edited by Mary Bernard. Woodstock, New Brunswick: Chapel Street Editions.Honsinger, Alexander, Alexandre Pelletier-Michaud, Arthur Anderson, M. Gabriel Hrynick, and Hendrik Carroll-Pohls. 2025. "Provenance, Petrography, and Distribution of “Quoddy Speckled Mudstone:” a Distinctive Lithic Raw Material from the Maine–new Brunswick Quoddy Region." Archaeology of Eastern North America 53: 73-86.Pelletier-Michaud, Alexandre. 2018. "The Bristol-Shiktehawk bifaces and Early Woodland ceremonialism in the Middle Saint John Valley, New Brunswick." MA, Department of Anthropology, University of New Brunswick.Rust, Horatio N. 1905. "The Obsidian Blades of California." American anthropologist 7 (4): 688-695. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1905.7.4.02a00150. https://go.exlibris.link/sZY1fSh8.Hit PiecesOlson, Olivia, "Birdsong: Human-Bird Relationships during the Ceramic Period in Wabanaki Homeland: a Case Study at the Frazer Point Site (Me 44-49; Acad 00110), Schoodic Peninsula, Maine" (2025). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4201.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/4201 Seymore, Deni J. 2025. Extraordinary Claims, Extraordinary Evidence: The Coronado Expedition’s 1541 Suya Settlement. American Antiquity, 90:419-445 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/abs/extraordinary-claims-extraordinary-evidence-the-coronado-expeditions-1541-suya-settlement/2F3ACA404ED9993051E508B1562E4587?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmarkCreditsSponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

Set your clock a half hour ahead, because today on the New Brunswick Archaeology podcast we’re talking to Don Holly about Newfoundland and, especially, the Beothuk. Whether you’re interested in agency and history in hunter-gatherer studies, or you want to know about some of the earliest Indigenous-European interactions in North America, you won’t want to miss this show. Don also reflects on the legacy of his collection of American Antiquity reviews, “Talking to the Guy on the Airplane,” conspiracies, and why being an archaeologist both is and isn’t like being an HVAC guy. Finally in this Era of fast takes, he tell us why he’s going to listen to the new T-Swift album a few more times before he forms his opinions on it.Show NotesSassaman and Holly, Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology as Historical Process https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/hunter-gatherer-archaeology-as-historical-processHolly, History in the Making https://www.amazon.com/History-Making-Archaeology-Subarctic-Woodlands/dp/0759120226Holly, Talking to the Guy on the Airplane https://thekeep.eiu.edu/sociology_fac/36/Holly Jr, D. H. and T. M. Friesen (2025). "The Archaeology of Forgetting, the Dorset, and Arctic Antiquity." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 35(4): 648–660.Holly, D. H., Erwin, J. C., Wolff, C. B., Hull, S. H., Samuels, A., & Brake, J. (2023). Scaling up and hunkering down: The evolution of Beothuk houses and households. North American Archaeologist, 44(4), 146-175. https://doi.org/10.1177/01976931231190427 Howley., 1915. The Beothucks or Red Indians https://archive.org/details/beothucksorredin00howlHit PiecesHolyoke, K.R. (2025) Carboniferous Cherts and the Archaeology of Washademoak Lake, New Brunswick, Canada. Archaeology of Eastern North America, 53: 29-56.Honsinger, A., A. Pelletier-Michaud, A. Anderson, M.G. Hrynick, and J.-H. Caroll-Pöhls. (2025). Provenance, Petrography, and Distribution of Quoddy-Speckled Mudstone: A Distinctive Lithic Raw Material from the Maine-New Brunswick Quoddy Region. Archaeology of Eastern North America, 53: 73-86CreditsSponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

This fortnight we're going deeper than we have--and maybe any of you have--before into geoarchaeology and the necessity for deep testing. Gabe and Ken chat with Dr. Heidi Luchsinger, RPA (Precision Geoarchaeology Inc/ERM) and Karl Kibler, RPA (Cross Timbers Geoarchaeological Services) about the Society for American Archaeology's Geoarchaeology Task Force. We talk about the importance of geoarchaeology as part of the CRM planning process, deep testing and why it should be better regulated and applied, and their work on the SAA's "Statement on Deep Testing for Terrestrial Sites and Professional Qualifications for Geoarchaeologists in Cultural Resource Management in the United States." These might be the deepest thoughts we've ever had on the NB Arch Pod, so grab your backhoes and augers. Un-till next time, listener.Show NotesSociety for American Archaeology - Geoarchaeology Task Force: Statement on Deep Testing for Terrestrial Sites and Professional Qualifications for Geoarchaeologists in Cultural Resources Management in the US (2025)Heidi Luchsinger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-luchsinger-geoarchaeology/Karl Kibler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-kibler-rpa-20b66214/SAA Geoarchaeology Interest GroupHit PiecesLelièvre, M., Martin, C., Corbett, M., Brooks, S. and Martin, H. (2025), “Like We're Meeting the Ancestors”: Toward an Lˈnucentric Archaeology in Miˈkmaˈki. Am. Anthropol.. https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.28104Hrynick MG, Anderson AW, DeWater K, Kochtitzky W, Spiess AE. Characterizing the Erosion of Coastal Archaeological Sites on the Maritime Peninsula Using Survey, Collection Analysis, Excavation, and Modeling. American Antiquity. Published online 2025:1-16. doi:10.1017/aaq.2025.25Credits:Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

If you, like us, have ever been bewildered by the Early Woodland, this is the show for you. This week we’re joined by Dr. Jess Robinson, the Vermont State Archaeologist, and while "The radiocarbon dates are not voluminous", his knowledge about the Early Woodland is. A maple creemee is of course different from an ice cream, but is Middlesex the same as Adena? And as if that wasn’t enough excitement for one show, he teases a future research project on the material culture of Vermont’s maple industry.Show NotesRobinson IV, Francis W. “Jess”. 2015. “The initiation and maintenance of the Early Woodland interaction sphere (ca. 3,000-2,000 B.P.) : the view from six northeastern mortuary sites”https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/1489/Ritchie, William A. (Bill). 1944. “The pre-Iroquoian occupations of New York State”, https://archive.org/details/preiroquoianoccu00ritc/page/n5/mode/2upFiedel, Stuart J. 2001. What happened in the Early Woodland? Archaeology of Eastern North America 29:101-142.Turnbull, Christopher J. 1976. The Augustine Site: A Mound from the Maritimes. Archaeology of Eastern North America. Archaeology of Eastern North America 4:50-62.Hit PiecesHolyoke, K. R., et al. (2025). "Diagnostic Late Palaeoindian Lanceolate Projectile Points from New Brunswick, Canada." PaleoAmerica : a journal of early human migration and dispersal: 1–12.Alex, Bridget, Jenny Ji, and Rowan Flad. 2025. "Regional disparities in US media coverage of archaeology research." Science Advances 11 (27): eadt5435. https://doi.org/doi:10.1126/sciadv.adt5435 . https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.adt5435Credits:Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

This fortnight, we sit down with his dudeliness, Dr. Gary Coupland (Prof. Emeritus, University of Toronto), ostensibly to talk about complexity but in doing so have to ask, what really is complexity? We’re talking status inequality, a wealth of beads, and the best way to cook salmon. Unfortunately, Ken didn’t remember to ask Gary how the Leafs will do this year, but we can be reasonably assured they will win it all. Well, I hope you folks enjoy yourselves, catch you later on down the trail. Show NotesCoupland, Gary G., and E. B. Banning. 1996. People who lived in big houses : archaeological perspectives on large domestic structures.Monographs in world archaeology, no. 27. Madison, Wis: Prehistory Press.Coupland, Gary, David Bilton, Terence Clark, Jerome S. Cybulski, Gay Frederick, Alyson Holland, Bryn Letham, and Gretchen Williams. 2016. "A Wealth of Beads: Evidence for Material Wealth-Based Inequality in the Salish Sea Region, 4000–3500 Cal B.P." American Antiquity 81 (2): 294-315. https://doi.org/10.7183/0002-7316.81.2.294 Coupland, Gary, Terence Clark, and Amanda Palmer. 2009. "Hierarchy, Communalism, and the Spatial Order of Northwest Coast Plank Houses: A Comparative Study." American Antiquity 74 (1): 77-106. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25470539 Matson, R. G., and Gary G. Coupland. 1995. The prehistory of the Northwest Coast. Toronto: Academic Press.McGuire, Randall H. 1983. "Breaking Down Cultural Complexity: Inequality and Heterogeneity." In Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, edited by Michael B. Schiffer, 91-142. San Diego: Academic Press.Moss, Madonna L. 2012. "Understanding Variability in Northwest Coast Faunal Assemblages: Beyond Economic Intensification and Cultural Complexity." Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 7 (1): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2011.586090. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2011.586090.Sassaman, Kenneth E. 2004. "Complex Hunter-Gatherers in Evolution and History: A North American Perspective." Journal of Archaeological Research 12 (3): 227-280.Hit PiecesVermont Archaeology Month! https://www.facebook.com/VermontArchaeologyMonth/

This fortnight, just like the September weather, a Canadian cold front is movin' in as we sit down to talk with Dr. Jonathan Fowler (St. Mary’s University) to talk about le Grand dérangement, and how historical archaeology is exploring Acadian deportation stories at Grand-Pré National Historic Site and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jonathan tells us about terrestrial geophysics, the irony in the source material for Longfellow's Evangeline, landscape archaeology, and uncovering a perspective on the past from the diaries of British officers and soldiers present at the time. The keen listener will also hear a little something new in the intro/outro compliments of Emanuel…Show Notes:Fowler, Jonathan, and Earle Lockerby, eds. 2013. Diaries of the Acadian Deportations: Jeremiah Bancroft at Fort Beauséjour & Grand-Pré. Vol. 1. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press.---, eds. 2025. Diaries of the Acadian Deportations: John Winslow at Grand-Pré. Vol. 2. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press.Fowler, Jonathan and Noël, Stéphane 2017 Poetry is Always Truer than History: The Curious Parentage of Acadian Archaeology, in Brooks, A. and Mehler, N. (eds.) The Country Where My Heart Is: Historical Archaeologies of Nationalism and National Identity. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, pp. 37-68.Robertson, Robbie. 1975. Acadian Driftwood. Northern Lights – Southern Cross. https://youtu.be/SycgViWySeE?si=K6x6kqH4HTKNOk6wGrand-Pré National Historic Site: https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/grandpreHit Pieces:SAPIENS anthropology magazine: https://www.sapiens.org/Dusseault, Marisa, Matthew Betts, Kristin M. Poduska, and Meghan Burchell. 2025. "Preliminary investigation of the local marine reservoir effect in Port Joli Harbour, Nova Scotia using archaeological M. arenaria shells." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 658: 112584. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112584 . https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003101822400573XHolly DH, Friesen TM. The Archaeology of Forgetting, the Dorset, and Arctic Antiquity. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Published online 2025:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774325100061Credits:Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

This fortnight, get ready to learn about pre-Contact Indigenous agriculture that was much, MUCH more widespread than previously thought. Maddie McLeester (Dartmouth College) joins us to describe using LiDAR to identify extensive raised bed farming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This work, recently published in Science, suggests a ubiquity of Indigenous farming that was previously unrealized. Maddie also chats about her course on Indigenous games.Show notes:McLeester, Madeleine, Carolin Ferwerda, Jonathan Alperstein, David Overstreet, David Grignon, and Jesse Casana. 2025. "Archaeological evidence of intensive indigenous farming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, USA." Science 388 (6751): 1082-1085. https://doi.org/doi:10.1126/science.ads1643. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.ads1643.Open Access linkNYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/science/archaeology-menomini-michigan.html?smid=url-shareNPR Article: https://www.npr.org/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5423660/surprise-ancient-native-american-agricultureScience Podcast: https://www.science.org/content/podcast/farming-maize-ice-age-michigan-predicting-future-climate-cities-and-our-host-takes-quizDeBoer, Warren R. “Of Dice and Women: Gambling and Exchange in Native North America.” Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 8, no. 3 (2001): 215–68.Book 1491: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1491:_New_Revelations_of_the_Americas_Before_ColumbusCredits:Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces) and Shayne Dahl (Hakuna Errata)

Just when you thought Season 3 was over, we come roaring back with a BONUS ep. This fortnight, Gabe and Ken are shedding our love of time travel for timeliness by delving into the contemporary challenges for the North American archaeological industry. Your co-hosts are talking with Society for American Archaeology President Christopher Dore about the sector-wide challenges archaeologists are facing as it relates to CRM, regulation, and career prospects for students. Talk about streamlining! Stay tuned for Season 4 next fortnight on the NB Arch Pod!Show NotesSAA Government Affairs: https://saa.org/government-affairs Contact info: gov_affairs@saa.orgSuggestions for Foreign Colleagues Traveling to the USA (June 2025): https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-governmentaffairs/tips_to_visiting_scholars.pdf?sfvrsn=f4ddab62_3 Heritage Business International: https://heritagebusiness.org/ Credits:Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces)

We're back from a brief hiatus and a couple of fortnights. In this episode, Gabe and Ken have dusted off their trowels and are in the field talking with our crews and students about the projects we're working on right now. And no, the update from the Chili's in the Calgary airport didn't make the hifi experience (I did give the Premier of NB an NB Arch Pod sticker) but for the first time ever, we're sounding like butter on these hot summer days with a studio intro/outro for our Season Finale of Season 3. Thanks listener--we'll be back with lots of fun in Season 4!Show NotesTrowel GPT music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0BpGMyqBEArticles from Patrick:Alberto Boscaini et al. The emergence and demise of giant sloths.Science388,864-868(2025).DOI:10.1126/science.adu0704Samuel D. Arman et al. Dietary breadth in kangaroos facilitated resilience to Quaternary climatic variations.Science387,167-171(2025).DOI:10.1126/science.adq4340Berkowitz, Rachel. Sonar tool poised to map sea floor in fine detail. https://www.science.org/content/article/new-sonar-tool-game-changer-mapping-sea-floorHit pieces:Work P, Lewis R, Bourque B. A multidisciplinary approach to resolve the taxonomy of the historically extinct sea mink (Neogale macrodon) (Maine, USA). Quaternary Research. Published online 2025:1-16. doi:10.1017/qua.2025.2 Credits:Sponsors: APANB, UNB Faculty of ArtsProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces)

This fortnight we’re joined by Christian Theriault, the PEI Provincial Archaeologist, and Dr. Helen Kristmanson of L’nuey to chat about the latest in the archaeology of Prince Edward Island. It’s the perfect prelude to a summer trip to the island, and the perfect thing to listen to while you cross the Confederation Bridge. Show NotesArchaeology and Palaeontology PEI: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/archaeology-and-paleontologyL'nuey: https://lnuey.ca/Permian Fossil Finds: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-fossil-reptile-foot-1.7186305"5,000-year-old bone, thought to be from Mi'kmaw woman living on P.E.I., called historic find" https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6571530Hit pieces:Society for American Archaeology - Geoarchaeology Task Force: Statement on Deep Testing for Terrestrial Sites and Professional Qualifications for Geoarchaeologists in Cultural Resources Management in the US (2025) https://archaeology.blob.core.windows.net/container/docs/default-source/saa-news-and-press-statements/saa-gtf-statement-on-deep-testing-and-qualifications-for-geoarchaeologists-07mar25.pdf?sfvrsn=9fd8e4e7_2R. Lee Lyman, On the Number of Authors per article in American Antiquity and Author Contributions http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=847190&p=29&view=issueViewerCredits:Sponsors: APANB, UNB Grand Lake Meadows Endowment FundProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title)

This fortnight Gabe and Ken talk to friend of the show, colleague, and dear fried, Trevor Charlemagne Dow (Ecofor Consulting/UNB). We discuss our recently released paper Backdirt and Bureaucracy Revisited: An Analysis of Research Trends in New Brunswick’s Archaeology Practice Using Historic Data. Worry not about the 2023 date on the paper, listeners, it's as fresh as a daisy and we're talking archaeobureaucrats, permits, and heritage legislation in New Brunswick. It's an all-hit piece NB Arch Pod this fortnight!Show Notes:Dow, T. C., et al. (2023). "Backdirt and Bureaucracy Revisited: An Analysis of Research Trends in New Brunswick’s Archaeology Practice Using Historic Data." Canadian Journal of Archaeology 47: 178–208. find it here (membership required): https://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/publications/canadian-journal-archaeology/online-firstor here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kenneth-holyoke_dow-et-al-2023-backdirt-and-bureaucracy-activity-7329920199128764416-2ubu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACYdwmgBXYUn8lypE5_JFr1h-10wI42ZLyUBibliography of New Brunswick Archaeology: http://www.gaspereau.com/bookInfo.php?AID=0&AISBN=9781554472673Heritage Conservation Act: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/thc/heritage/content/heritage_conservationact.htmlArchaeologist’s Almanac - Insituated Heritage: https://insituated.com/almanacUNDRIPCredits:Sponsors: APANB, UNB Grand Lake Meadows Endowment FundProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title)

This fortnight we’re joined by Dr. Matt Betts, the Curator of Eastern Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History and the former head of the Canadian Archaeology Association’s Climate Change Committee to talk about some of the climate threats to the terrestrial and underwater archaeological record. Matt discusses the analytical challenges and inequalities introduced by climate change’s effects on the archaeological record, and calls for a renewed commitment to culture history. Show NotesPlace-Making in the Pretty Harbour: https://press.uottawa.ca/en/9780776627779/place-making-in-the-pretty-harbour/HMS Terror: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/HMS-Terror-Hardback/p/18506https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/burning-libraries-the-race-to-save-canadas-coastal-archaeological-sites-before-theyre-washed-away/Hit piece:“Did Clovis Hunters Kill All the Mammoths?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBG6PLQhQ0E“Butchering a Bison With Clovis Tools and Points” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmsrkFjPiKMCredits:Sponsors: APANB, UNB Grand Lake Meadows Endowment FundProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces) and Shayne Dahl (Hakuna Errata)

This fortnight, Gabe and Ken dial across one of the 4-OCEANS that make up the initiative Dr. Thomas Royle (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) joins us to talk about. We're getting into NISP and MNI, sharkaeology, and how big data can reveal the evolving palates of early Colonial period Virginians. Cast a line because there's no trout about it, if you've gadidae off this weekend, grab an ale, wife, and turn on the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast.Show NotesThomas Royle: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/thomas.royle4-OCEANS: https://www.ntnu.edu/museum/4-oceanshttps://historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/halberd/Royle, Thomas C.A., J. Ryan Kennedy, Eric J. Guiry, Luke S. Jackman, Yuka Shichiza, and Dongya Y. Yang. 2024. Sharkaeology: Expanding Understandings of Historical Chinese Diaspora Shark Fisheries in Monterey Bay, California, through the Genetic Species Identification of Archaeological Chondrichthyes Remains. Human Ecology 52(3):479–495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-024-00521-5CreditsSponsors: APANB, UNB Grand Lake Meadows Endowment FundProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn

The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast is on the road again! This fortnight, Ken is reporting from the first ever Canadian Cultural Resources Association Meeting in Toronto (and, of course, from an airport Chilis). Not only does Ken provide sober analysis and insight, he also gave a talk himself (we’ll post that along with his interview of himself some other time). If you’re interested in the future of the past, you won’t want to miss this episode and Ken’s interviews with: Marie-Anne Paradis (CCRA, Artéfact Urbain), Matthew Munro (Stantec), Matt Beaudoin (TMHC), Richard Grubb (ACRA, Richard Grubb and Associates), Kenneth Aitchison (FAME, Headland Archaeology)Aaron Detler (Haudenosaunee Development Institute), Maryssa Barras (ICOMOS Canada and City of Hamilton), Dallas Tomah (Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick), and Sara Beanlands (CCRA, Boreas Heritage Consultants)

This fortnight, we’re joined by Dr. Michael O’Rourke, the Climate Change Archaeologist for the Northwest Territories (NWT) government for our next instalment in our climate change series. Mike walks us through some of the unique climate change concerns facing NWT, and the innovative approaches he is involved with to address the crisis. Show NotesLipe, W. D. (1984). Value and meaning in cultural resources. In H. Cleere (Ed.), Approaches to the Archaeological Heritage: A Comparative Study of World Cultural Resource Management Systems (pp. 1-11). Cambridge University Press. https://cabinradio.ca/171004/news/arts/culture/being-the-nwts-climate-change-archaeologist/ https://www.usgs.gov/centers/whcmsc/science/digital-shoreline-analysis-system-dsasHit piecesMonitoring Heritage at Risk Sites in Rapidly Changing Coastal Environments: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-archaeological-practice/issue/89D2E11022610823CB92D5A357AAC9E9CreditsSponsors: APANB, ULeth Faculty of Arts & ScienceProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn