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Feb 19, 2025 • 1h 22min

It Starts with the Doom: Archaeology and Climate Change Part II

This fortnight, Ken and Gabe sit down for a conversation with a real geoarchaeologist: Robin Woywitka (Grant McEwan University). It may start with the doom, but it ends with the laughs, and the hope for a brighter, collaborative future. Grab your Russian Peat Borers, we're headed to the muskeg.Show Notes:Ronaghan, B. M. (Ed.). (2017). Alberta’s Lower Athabasca Basin Archaeology and Palaeo environments. Athabasca University Press. https://www.aupress.ca/books/120207-albertas-lower-athabasca-basin/Cecco, Leyland (2025) Polar heritage sites are slipping into the sea – but can one island live forever online? The Guardian, Feb 10, 2025Tirlea, D., Kristensen, T., Osicki, A., Jensen, B., Williams, K., Caners, R., Lumley, L., & Woywitka, R. (2023). Ice, Mountains, and People: Applying a Multi-proxy Approach to Reveal Changes in Alberta’s Alpine Ecosystems through Ice Patch Research. Journal of Glacial Archaeology, 6, 47-78. https://doi.org/10.1558/jga.25613CAA Climate Change Statement (2022): https://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/caa-2022-statement-climate-change-and-archaeology?ip_login_no_cache=%A1%96%3Cu%CA%3A%EB%95Hit Pieces: Canadian Cultural Resources Association: https://www.linkedin.com/company/canadian-cultural-resources-association/This conference is a fantastic opportunity to network with CRM professionals, gain insights from leading experts, and help shape the future of Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management in Canada.Secure your spot now at the new ticket price of $175 and be part of this important conversation! Tickets available here Hotel reservation here Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth Faculty of Arts & ScienceProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Feb 3, 2025 • 1h 21min

Un-Tidalled: Archaeology and Climate Change Part I

This fortnight we’ve got an all coastal erosion episode. Andrea Richardson, the Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator at the Cape Sable Historical Society, updates us about some of her work and plans for monitoring and managing coastal erosion in Nova Scotia. Katie DeWater and Arthur Anderson of the University of New England join us to discuss a recent paper led by Katie that used GIS, archaeological survey, and sea-level rise modeling to consider archaeological site vulnerability in the Quoddy Region. Spoiler alert: still have to visit the sites in person. And don’t forget to submit your entries for the upcoming prize draw!Show NotesAndrea Richardson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-richardson-901b52290/?originalSubdomain=caMore about the Cape Sable Historical Society's work: https://fb.watch/xvITd4SEPM/Nova Scotia Community Archaeology Reporting Form (https://www.nsa-cca.com/report-a-site/)DeWater, K. A., Anderson, A. W., Hrynick, M. G., & Kochtitzky, W. (2024). Evaluating Quoddy Region archaeological site vulnerability to sea-level rise and erosion through the integration of geographic information system modeling and surveys. North American Archaeologist, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0197693124129572050th Episode Spectacular Draw:Email (newbrunswickarchaeology@gmail.com) or find us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/new_brunswick_archaeology/) and send us a picture of you listening to the Pod, or even just a note "hey I'd love a free book"!Your GRAND PRIZE: https://www.massarchaeology.org/product/a-new-england-typology-of-native-american-projectile-points/Hit PiecesNewsom, B., Cole-Will, R., & Schmitt, C. (2025). Maliamuksi’k, Maliapdmu’k—It Takes Care of Us, So We Take Care of It: Indigenous Heritage Stewardship at Acadia National Park, Maine. Journal of Field Archaeology, 50(1), 95-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2024.2439222 Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth Faculty of Arts & ScienceProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Jan 9, 2025 • 1h 29min

Holiday [It would be so nice]

Happy New Year from the New Brunswick archaeology podcast! This fortnight, Ken and Gabe review a few of the year’s highlights in archaeology, with some digressions into the style, food, and beverage. Then they hand it over to the NB Arch Pod Producer, Emanuel Akel to provide you with some musical suggestions. We’re looking forward to chatting with you more in the new year, listener--it will be so nice.Show Notes:Vieux Carre Cocktail: https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/vieux-carre-recipe/Holiday French 75: https://burrataandbubbles.com/cranberry-french-75/Gravy Margarita (warning: Ken did not try this, no guarantee it is even drinkable...): https://www.instagram.com/garnishyourglass/reel/DCVNJOwNqPk/World’s Oldest Bread: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07541-7 World’s Oldest Cave Paintings: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07541-7 Emanuel's TracksFind Emanuel on socialsMidnight in a perfect world by DJ ShadowTransient Touch by Emmani Freeze Ft. Valeria la lune l'imperatriceObjects by Fat Jon n.b., Ken and Gabe have reviewed guidelines and some of the legal situation related to Fair Dealing in Canada, specifically the use of audio clips in podcasts. If you have concerns about the use of audio tracks in this podcast episode, please contact us at kenneth.holyoke@uleth.ca, gabriel.hrynick@unb.ca, and newbrunswickarchaeology@gmail.com Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth Faculty of Arts & ScienceProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Dec 24, 2024 • 1h 34min

Phenomena...Do-Do-Do-Do-Do

We have a phenomenal show this fortnight: an interview with the phenom of phenomenology himself, David Milley. Join us as David tells us about his work using various forms of imaging and GIS as a helpful counterbalance to phenomenological theories of landscapes. And it’s not just our theoretical comfort zones we’re stepping out of today, it’s our regional ones, too, because much of David’s work concerns the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poverty Point.Show Notes:David Milley LinkedInhttps://www.povertypoint.us/Cummings, V., A. Jones, and A. Watson. (2002) Divided Places: Phenomenology and Asymmetry in the Monuments of the Black Mountains, Southeast Wales. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 12(1):57–70.Davis, D.S. and M.C. Sanger. (2021) Ethical challenges in the practice of remote sensing and geophysical archaeology. Archaeol. Prospect 28:271-278.Gillings, M. (2009) Visual Affordance, Landscape, and The Megaliths Of Alderney. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 28(4):335–356.Hamilton, S., Whitehouse, R., Brown, K., Combes, P., Herring, E., & Thomas, M. S. (2006). Phenomenology in practice: towards a methodology for a ‘subjective’ approach. European journal of archaeology, 9(1), 31-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461957107077704Johnson, M. H. (2012) Phenomenological Approaches in Landscape Archaeology. Annual Review of Anthropology 41(1):269–284.Llobera, M. (1996) Exploring the topography of mind: GIS, social space and archaeology. Antiquity 70(269):612–622.Tilley, C. (1994) A phenomenology of landscape: places, paths, and monuments. Berg, Oxford, U.K.Wylie, A. (2000). Questions of Evidence, Legitimacy, and the (Dis)Unity of Science. American Antiquity 65(2):227–237.Hit PiecesN. Kitchel - “Facing the Forest: Climate Change and Human Adaptation Across the Pleistocene–Holocene Transition in Northern New England and Eastern Canada” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/20555563.2024.2414630CTV News: “5,000-year-old human jawbone fragment found on P.E.I.”https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/5-000-year-old-human-jawbone-fragment-found-on-p-e-i-1.7115112B. Newsom, C. Schmitt, and R. Cole-Will, “Third Space Pedagogy in Archaeology: Exploring Climate Change, Partnerships, and Site Stewardship in Wabanaki Homeland, Maine”http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=835963&p=44&view=issueViewerCredits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth Faculty of Arts & ScienceProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Dec 4, 2024 • 1h 24min

Enough about archaeology. Let's talk about ourselves

This fortnight, we realized it had been a while since we, your faithful hosts, told you what we'd been up to. Turns out, it's just like riding a bicycle. Initially running over 6.5 hours and 3.5 bottles of Courvoisier, Emanuel has trimmed this down to manageable proportions. Tune in for an all Ken and Gabe episode of the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast to hear about the research projects we've been working on!Show Notes:Hrynick, M.G., K.R. Holyoke, and M.W. Betts. (2024) Papers in Honour of David Black, Northeast Anthropology Special Volume 93–94(Spring/Fall 2024)Articles:Introducing Paper in Honour or David Black – M. Gabriel Hrynick, K, R. Holyoke, and Matthew W. Betts (pp. 1–7)Provenienced Single Component Evidence for Paleoindian for Paleoindian Habitation in New Brunswick, Canada: Introducing Site BgDq-38 – Darcy .J Dignam, Susan E. Blair, and Christopher R. Blair (pp. 8–42)Offshore Artifacts: Paleoindian and Archaic Use of the Gulf of Maine – Arthur Spies and Franklin Price (pp. 43–72)The Stevens Site: A Late Archaic Quarry Related Occupation in the Northern Interior of Maine - Heather M. Rockwell, Nathaniel R. Kitchel, and Heather McKee (pp. 73- 92)The Archaic Period in the Quoddy Region Through Early Collections - Arthur W Anderson, Joshua A. Cummings, and M. Gabriel Hrynick (pp. 93- 121Evaluating the Timing and Duration of Shell-Bearing Deposits at the Reversing Falls Site, Maine - A. Katherine Patton and Arthur W. Anderson (pp. 122- 148)Indigenous Human Images from the Maritime Peninsula: Pre-Contact to 1850 - Michael Deal and Bryn Tapper (pp. 149- 175)Pieces of a Persistent Place: Circulation of Washademoak Chert and Portable Place-Making on the Maritime Peninsula, Eastern Canada - Kenneth R. Holyoke (pp. 176- 206)George Frederic Matthew, Henry David Thoreau, and Nineteenth Century Natural History Archaeology Narratives - M Gabriel Hrynick (pp. 207- 235)Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth Faculty of Arts & ScienceProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Nov 20, 2024 • 32min

ESA-tis-F-ying - Intrusive Feature 3a

Apologies for the later than usual show, but we're back after a mid-season pause this fortnight-and-a-half and this one, listener, is a record breaking tight 31 minutes of content the likes the NB Archaeology Podcast has never seen. We touch base with Gabe while he's in New Hampshire and Ken is in New Brunswick, to recap the Eastern States Archeological Federation Annual Meeting at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. On this show, you’ll hear from Zac Singer (State of Maryland), Trevor Dow (UNB), Deirdre McGrath (UMaine), Nathaniel Kitchel (Salve Regina), Jon Alperstein (Dartmouth), Heather Rockwell (Salve Regina), and John Kelly (PAL). (Apologies to a few interviewees to whom Gabe should have held the mic closer—we’ll try again next meeting.) Thanks to everyone who participated and we'll be back with our regularly scheduled content next episode!Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth Faculty of Arts & ScienceProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Oct 30, 2024 • 1h 31min

Great Sites: Fort Anne, "I can't think of archaeology not being public"

This fortnight, we're back with a real Vaubanarama of a Great Site from the Maritimes, taking a trip across the Bay of Fundy thanks to a listener request. We're headed to Annapolis Royal and Port-Royal, no wait, Charles Fort, no wait, the fort at Port-Royal, no wait, Fort Anne! with Becki Dunham, Parks Canada Terrestrial Archaeologist. We talk about the Mi'kmaq presence in Annapolis River area, the various iterations of the fort, public archaeology at Fort Anne, and robotic lawnmowers. We also suggest opening the Mappanapolis splash for a visual queue to fully immerse yourself in this installment of the Great Sites series.Great Citations1702 Plan du fort du Port Royal à La Cadie [et] Cours de la Riviere du Dauphin, autrement dite le Port Royal http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/ulysse/notice?q=&coverage=Acadie&date=&from=&to=&type=Carte+ou+plan&mode=list&page=3&hpp=10&id=FR_ANOM_03DFC60B. Deal, M., Campbell, J., & Tapper, B. (2022). Archaeology and the Meanderings of the Annapolis River: A View from the Boswell Site. Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 46(1), 52–99. https://doi.org/10.51270/46.1.52Dunn, Barbara (2009). History of Port Royal/Annapolis Royal 1605–1800. Nimbus Publishing, Halifax.Parks Canada's Fort Anne Visitor GuideFry, Bruce W. (1984). ‘An appearance of strength’: the Fortifications of Louisbourg – Volumes 1 and 2. Ottawa, Parks Canada. Vol. 1 (text); Vol. 2 (maps/images)Goldthwait, J.W. (1924). Physiography of Nova Scotia. Canada Department of Mines, Geological Survey Memoir 140, No. 122, Geological Series. Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, Ottawa.Griffiths, N. E. S., & Reid, J. G. (1992). New Evidence on New Scotland, 1629. The William and Mary Quarterly, 49(3), 492–508. https://doi.org/10.2307/2947108Mapannapolis – https://www.mapannapolis.ca/Rudolph R. Stea and Robert J. Mott (1998). Deglaciation of Nova Scotia: Stratigraphy and chronology of lake sediment cores and buried organic sections. Géographie physique et Quaternaire, vol. 52(1):1–19Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Oct 15, 2024 • 59min

When the Computer First Came to NB Archaeology

This fortnight, Ken and Gabe have a chat with Dimity Hammon, Vice President of the Tubac Historical Society--who, while in warmer settings of the southwest today, cut her teeth in the cooler (and at times inhospitably wet) climes of New Brunswick. We talk to Dimity about her thesis work on the Holt's Point site and the famous engraved pebbles, the early days of archaeology at UNB, The Computer, and a dolphin out-of-water in the Passamaquoddy Bay. Not to mention, some Historic archaeology from the southwest! Show Notes:Hammon, D. J. 1984 A Ceramic Period Coastal Adaptation at Holt’s Point, New Brunswick. Master's, Anthropology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.Tubac Historical Society: https://ths-tubac.org/Whalen Farm Archaeological Site, BC: https://loa-archives.anth.ubc.ca/index.php/whalen-farmFitzhugh, William W. 1985. The Nulliak Pendants and Their Relation to Spiritual Traditions in Northeast Prehistory. Arctic Anthropology 22(2):87-109.Hit PiecesBehne, C. Ted, and James W. Wheaton (2024) Tappan Adney: From Birchbark Canoes to Indigenous Rights. Goose Lane Press, Chapel Street Editions. Chapdelaine, Claude. 2024. Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Shoulderless Stemmed Points: A Far Northeast Perspective. PaleoAmerica:1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/20555563.2024.2403888Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Oct 1, 2024 • 60min

REACH-ing Out to the Ancestors: Black Cemeteries in NB

This fortnight we’re joined by Dr. Mary McCarthy-Brandt to discuss New Brunswick’s segregated cemeteries, and her work with “REACH in New Brunswick” to locate, document, and preserve Black cemeteries in New Brunswick. She also shares some information about forthcoming publications and an art exhibit about that work. Show NotesEdward Mitchell Bannister: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mitchell_Bannister https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/article-1850s-st-andrews-home-has-connection-to-celebrated-black-artist/REACH (Remembering Each African Cemetery's History) in NB: https://www.reachnb.com/Interview with Thandiwe McCarthy: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6488031Mary's PhD Thesis: https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/128414/4/McCarthy_Mary__Louise_202106_PhD_thesis.pdfHit Pieces: McAlpine, Donald F., Howard M. Huynh, and Scott A. Pavey (2024). The extinct sea mink, Google macrodon: a putative specimen in the New Brunswick Museum, Canada. Archives of Natural History 51(1):171-188. Newsom, B. D. (2024). The Past is Exactly How It Should Be: Lessons in Indigenous Archaeology from a Birch Bark Biter. In G. Nicholas & J. Watkins (Eds.), Working as Indigenous Archaeologists : Reckoning New Paths Between Past and Present Lives (pp. 319-328). Routledge.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003183853-31 Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Sep 18, 2024 • 1h 26min

Untwinned, Atlantic Winds, and Wharfingers

This fortnight we’re chatting about Ken’s field trip back east! So tune in to hear us interview Mi’kmaq basket weaver and expert oyster harvester, Katrina Sock, and Sharon Cunningham of the Saint John River Society. You can also listen live while we learn that multiple summers of CRM did not result in Route 11 being fully twinned. Finally, congrats to Laura and Taylor who won the Quest for 10k listener prizes!Katrina Sock (Aunty Kat’s Stitchery):https://www.jedinbdirectory.com/businesses/aunty-kats-stitcheryhttps://www.facebook.com/HauntyKatSJ River Society Wharves: https://www.stjohnriver.org/wharvesPleasant-View Inn (Sharon’s Inn): https://www.pleasant-view.ca/Vermont Creemees: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/food-drink/creemee-confidential-what-it-takes-to-create-vermonts-treasured-summer-treat-41391869Thomas Henry Barclay: https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/barclay_thomas_henry_6E.htmlhttps://www.loc.gov/item/12030527/Hit Piece:McLeester, Madeleine, and Jesse Casana (eds.). 2024. Finding Fields: the Archaeology of Agricultural Landscapes. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 35(1).Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn

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