This fortnight, we’re putting on our best Boston accent and becoming the New Brunswick Auk-aeology Podcast. That’s right, listener, all good things must come to an end. Like Season 2 of the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast and the Great Auk. There's no cliffhangers here, we're not even burying the lede, but we’re joined for our season finale by Lucia Snyderman, who is researching the Great Auk and its extinction using data from archaeological contexts in the Far Northeast and further afield. The Great Auk couldn’t soar, but this topic does, and if you listen closely, you might even hear its dulcet tones echoing through your earphones. We’ll be back soon with Season III!

Thanks to you, listeners, to Emanuel, and to APANB and ULeth SSHRC Exchange for sponsorship.

Show Notes:

Lucia Snyderman: ResearchGate and LinkedIn

Garefowl: garefowl.co.uk/music

Lucia Snyderman, “Bone, Skin, and story: Fragments of Great Auk Extinction. https://science4sustainability.wordpress.com/2024/03/04/bone-skin-and-story-fragments-of-great-auk-extinction/

Recreated great auk sound: https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/p=14851

Thomas et. al. 2019. Demographic reconstructions from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the great auk. Evolutionary Biology, Genetics and Genomics. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47509

Hit Piece:

Spahr, Tim. 2024. Island Archaeology in Cape Porpoise, Maine. Archaeology Now:

https://www.eaglehill.us/anow-pdfs/anow-002-Spahr.pdf

Sponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC Exchange

Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn