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 research in New Brunswick archaeology.

Show Notes

Young, R. S., et al. (1992). "Geoarchaeology of Johns Bay, Maine." Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 7(3): 209-249. (re: “Chronological shingling”)

Bannerstones as silencers: http://www.hollowtop.com/spt_html/atlstealth.htm

Ganong, W. F. (1914). "Supplement to Note 131 - The Ancient Portage Route from the Washademoak to Adjacent Waters." Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick 31(23-24).

Black, D. W. and L. A. Wilson (1999). "The Washademoak Lake Chert Source, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada." Archaeology of Eastern North America 27: 81-108.

Bernard, M. (2015). The last romantic: the life of George Frederick Clarke, master storyteller of New Brunswick. Woodstock, New Brunswick, Chapel Street Editions.https://www.amazon.ca/Last-Romantic-Frederick-Storyteller-Brunswick/dp/0993672566

Clarke, G. F. (1968). Someone before us; our Maritime Indians. Fredericton, Brunswick Press. [Check out the most recent edition: https://chapelstreeteditions.com/book-catagories/non-fiction/someone-before-us/]

Visit Chapel Street Edition for other Clarke Volumes: https://chapelstreeteditions.com/book-catagories/special-projects/

Pelletier-Michaud, A. (2017). The Bristol-Shiktehawk bifaces and Early Woodland ceremonialism in the Middle St. John Valley, New Brunswick. Fredericton, University of New Brunswick.

Brzezicki, A. B. (2015). Getting a Handle on Ground Stone: A Technological Analysis of the Ground Stone Axes, Adzes, and Gouges in the George Frederick Clarke Collection. Anthropology. Fredericton, University of New Brunswick

Woolsey, C. A. (2010). Ceramic sherds in the George Frederick Clarke collection: A technological approach. Fredericton, University of New Brunswick.

Hit pieces:

Mary Hudetz and Ash Ngu, “Tribes in Maine Spent Decades Fighting to Rebury Ancestral Remains. Harvard Resisted Them at Nearly Every Turn.” https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-wabanaki-tribes-struggle-to-reclaim-ancestral-remains-from-harvard

Black, D. W. (2023). “…gathering pebbles on a boundless shore…” —The Rum Beach Site and Intertidal Archaeology in the Canadian Quoddy Region, Revised and Extended Version.