That’s no Hiatus, That’s the Early Archaic

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 programming headed your way.

We’ve mentioned this excellent Pauketat and Sassaman volume a couple of times now–it’s well worth checking out: https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/the-archaeology-of-ancient-north-america/A522C499E93F7CE6C9C1BA9574575E10#overview

Petersen, James B, and David E Putnam. 1992. Early Holocene occupation in the central Gulf of Maine region. In Early Holocene Occupation in Northern New England, Vol 9, edited by Brian S. Robinson, James B. Petersen, and Ann K. Robinson, pp. 13-61, Vol. Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology.

The Archaeological Conservancy’s Video on the Sharrow site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMCiGKHhA98

Tuck, James A, and Robert J McGhee. 1976. An Archaic Indian burial mound in Labrador. Scientific American 235(5):122-131.

Lake Utopia Archaic, a success in avocational archaeology: https://www.studyincanada.com/News/ArticleProfile.aspx?SectionID=13&ID=458

The resultant thesis:

Suttie, B.. 2006. Archaic Period Archaeological Research in the Interior of New Brunswick. Master's, Anthropology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

Black, David W. 1997. A Native Artifact from the Ocean Floor Near Indian Island. Fieldnotes: The Journal of the New Brunswick Archaeological Society 3(2):5-7.

Keenlyside, D. L. (1983). In Search of the Island's First People. Island Magazine, 13, 3-7.

Keenlyside, D. L. (1984). "Ulus" and Spearpoints: Two New Archaeological Finds from Prince Edward Island. Island Magazine, 16, 25-27.

Sanger, David. 1996. Gilman Falls Site Implications for the Early and Middle Archaic of the Maritime Peninsula. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 20:7-28.

Hit Pieces:

Chris Wolff’s chapter in “More than Shelter from the Storm”: https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813069371

Bill C-23 https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-23

Ortman, Scott G., and Jeffrey H. Altschul. 2023. What North American Archaeology Needs to Take Advantage of the Digital Data Revolution. Advances in Archaeological Practice 11(1):90-103.