Tune in this fortnight for a new NB Archaeology Podcast series, “Great Sites.” In Great Sites episodes, we’ll showcase important archaeological sites from New Brunswick and the region.

This episode, we talk to Dr. Sue Blair of the University of New Brunswick about the Jemseg Crossing Site (BkDm-14), where she led one of largest scale archaeological excavations ever undertaken in the province. The project was also a pioneering collaborative archaeology project. 

Great Cites

Blair, Susan. "Jemseg Archaeological Site". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 04 March 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jemseg-archaeological-site. Accessed 01 February 2024.

Blair, S. E. (2010). Missing the boat in lithic procurement: Watercraft and the bulk procurement of tool-stone on the Maritime Peninsula. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 29(1), 33-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2009.10.006

Perley, K., & Blair, S. (Eds.). (2003). Wolastoqiyik Ajemseg The People of the Beautiful River at Jemseg, Volume 1: Important Stories and Spoken Histories. New Brunswick manuscripts in archaeology; 34E. New Brunswick Culture and Sport Secretariat, Heritage Branch, Archaeological Services, Fredericton, N.B. https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/thc-tpc/pdf/Arch/MIA34English.pdf

Blair, S. (Ed.). (2004). Wolastoqiyik Ajemseg, The People of the Beautiful River at Jemseg: Volume 2, Archaeological Results (Vol. 2). New Brunswick manuscripts in archaeology; 36E. New Brunswick Culture and Sport Secretariat, Heritage Branch, Archaeological Services, Fredericton, N.B. https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/thc-tpc/pdf/Arch/MIA36english.pdf

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