The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast

If you, like us, have ever been bewildered by the Early Woodland, this is the show for you. This week we’re joined by Dr. Jess Robinson, the Vermont State Archaeologist, and while "The radiocarbon dates are not voluminous", his knowledge about the Early Woodland is. A maple creemee is of course different from an ice cream, but is Middlesex the same as Adena? And as if that wasn’t enough excitement for one show, he teases a future research project on the material culture of Vermont’s maple industry. Show NotesRobinson IV, Francis W. “Jess”. 2015. “The initiation and maintenance of the Early Woodland interaction sphere (ca. 3,000-2,000 B.P.) : the view from six northeastern mortuary sites”https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/1489/Ritchie, William A. (Bill). 1944. “The pre-Iroquoian occupations of New York State”, https://archive.org/details/preiroquoianoccu00ritc/page/n5/mode/2upFiedel, Stuart J. 2001. What happened in the Early Woodland? Archaeology of Eastern North America 29:101-142.Turnbull, Christopher J. 1976. The Augustine Site: A Mound from the Maritimes. Archaeology of Eastern North America. Archaeology of Eastern North America 4:50-62.Credits:Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

This fortnight, we sit down with his dudeliness, Dr. Gary Coupland (Prof. Emeritus, University of Toronto), ostensibly to talk about complexity but in doing so have to ask, what really is complexity? We’re talking status inequality, a wealth of beads, and the best way to cook salmon. Unfortunately, Ken didn’t remember to ask Gary how the Leafs will do this year, but we can be reasonably assured they will win it all. Well, I hope you folks enjoy yourselves, catch you later on down the trail. Show NotesCoupland, Gary G., and E. B. Banning. 1996. People who lived in big houses : archaeological perspectives on large domestic structures.Monographs in world archaeology, no. 27. Madison, Wis: Prehistory Press.Coupland, Gary, David Bilton, Terence Clark, Jerome S. Cybulski, Gay Frederick, Alyson Holland, Bryn Letham, and Gretchen Williams. 2016. "A Wealth of Beads: Evidence for Material Wealth-Based Inequality in the Salish Sea Region, 4000–3500 Cal B.P." American Antiquity 81 (2): 294-315. https://doi.org/10.7183/0002-7316.81.2.294 Coupland, Gary, Terence Clark, and Amanda Palmer. 2009. "Hierarchy, Communalism, and the Spatial Order of Northwest Coast Plank Houses: A Comparative Study." American Antiquity 74 (1): 77-106. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25470539 Matson, R. G., and Gary G. Coupland. 1995. The prehistory of the Northwest Coast. Toronto: Academic Press.McGuire, Randall H. 1983. "Breaking Down Cultural Complexity: Inequality and Heterogeneity." In Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, edited by Michael B. Schiffer, 91-142. San Diego: Academic Press.Moss, Madonna L. 2012. "Understanding Variability in Northwest Coast Faunal Assemblages: Beyond Economic Intensification and Cultural Complexity." Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 7 (1): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2011.586090. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2011.586090.Sassaman, Kenneth E. 2004. "Complex Hunter-Gatherers in Evolution and History: A North American Perspective." Journal of Archaeological Research 12 (3): 227-280.Hit PiecesVermont Archaeology Month! https://www.facebook.com/VermontArchaeologyMonth/

This fortnight, just like the September weather, a Canadian cold front is movin' in as we sit down to talk with Dr. Jonathan Fowler (St. Mary’s University) to talk about le Grand dérangement, and how historical archaeology is exploring Acadian deportation stories at Grand-Pré National Historic Site and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jonathan tells us about terrestrial geophysics, the irony in the source material for Longfellow's Evangeline, landscape archaeology, and uncovering a perspective on the past from the diaries of British officers and soldiers present at the time. The keen listener will also hear a little something new in the intro/outro compliments of Emanuel…Show Notes:Fowler, Jonathan, and Earle Lockerby, eds. 2013. Diaries of the Acadian Deportations: Jeremiah Bancroft at Fort Beauséjour & Grand-Pré. Vol. 1. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press.---, eds. 2025. Diaries of the Acadian Deportations: John Winslow at Grand-Pré. Vol. 2. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press.Fowler, Jonathan and Noël, Stéphane 2017 Poetry is Always Truer than History: The Curious Parentage of Acadian Archaeology, in Brooks, A. and Mehler, N. (eds.) The Country Where My Heart Is: Historical Archaeologies of Nationalism and National Identity. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, pp. 37-68.Robertson, Robbie. 1975. Acadian Driftwood. Northern Lights – Southern Cross. https://youtu.be/SycgViWySeE?si=K6x6kqH4HTKNOk6wGrand-Pré National Historic Site: https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/grandpreHit Pieces:SAPIENS anthropology magazine: https://www.sapiens.org/Dusseault, Marisa, Matthew Betts, Kristin M. Poduska, and Meghan Burchell. 2025. "Preliminary investigation of the local marine reservoir effect in Port Joli Harbour, Nova Scotia using archaeological M. arenaria shells." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 658: 112584. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112584 . https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003101822400573XHolly DH, Friesen TM. The Archaeology of Forgetting, the Dorset, and Arctic Antiquity. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Published online 2025:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774325100061Credits:Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

This fortnight, get ready to learn about pre-Contact Indigenous agriculture that was much, MUCH more widespread than previously thought. Maddie McLeester (Dartmouth College) joins us to describe using LiDAR to identify extensive raised bed farming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This work, recently published in Science, suggests a ubiquity of Indigenous farming that was previously unrealized. Maddie also chats about her course on Indigenous games.Show notes:McLeester, Madeleine, Carolin Ferwerda, Jonathan Alperstein, David Overstreet, David Grignon, and Jesse Casana. 2025. "Archaeological evidence of intensive indigenous farming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, USA." Science 388 (6751): 1082-1085. https://doi.org/doi:10.1126/science.ads1643. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.ads1643.Open Access linkNYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/science/archaeology-menomini-michigan.html?smid=url-shareNPR Article: https://www.npr.org/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5423660/surprise-ancient-native-american-agricultureScience Podcast: https://www.science.org/content/podcast/farming-maize-ice-age-michigan-predicting-future-climate-cities-and-our-host-takes-quizDeBoer, Warren R. “Of Dice and Women: Gambling and Exchange in Native North America.” Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 8, no. 3 (2001): 215–68.Book 1491: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1491:_New_Revelations_of_the_Americas_Before_ColumbusCredits:Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces) and Shayne Dahl (Hakuna Errata)

Just when you thought Season 3 was over, we come roaring back with a BONUS ep. This fortnight, Gabe and Ken are shedding our love of time travel for timeliness by delving into the contemporary challenges for the North American archaeological industry. Your co-hosts are talking with Society for American Archaeology President Christopher Dore about the sector-wide challenges archaeologists are facing as it relates to CRM, regulation, and career prospects for students. Talk about streamlining! Stay tuned for Season 4 next fortnight on the NB Arch Pod!Show NotesSAA Government Affairs: https://saa.org/government-affairs Contact info: gov_affairs@saa.orgSuggestions for Foreign Colleagues Traveling to the USA (June 2025): https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-governmentaffairs/tips_to_visiting_scholars.pdf?sfvrsn=f4ddab62_3 Heritage Business International: https://heritagebusiness.org/ Credits:Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces)

We're back from a brief hiatus and a couple of fortnights. In this episode, Gabe and Ken have dusted off their trowels and are in the field talking with our crews and students about the projects we're working on right now. And no, the update from the Chili's in the Calgary airport didn't make the hifi experience (I did give the Premier of NB an NB Arch Pod sticker) but for the first time ever, we're sounding like butter on these hot summer days with a studio intro/outro for our Season Finale of Season 3. Thanks listener--we'll be back with lots of fun in Season 4!Show NotesTrowel GPT music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0BpGMyqBEArticles from Patrick:Alberto Boscaini et al. The emergence and demise of giant sloths.Science388,864-868(2025).DOI:10.1126/science.adu0704Samuel D. Arman et al. Dietary breadth in kangaroos facilitated resilience to Quaternary climatic variations.Science387,167-171(2025).DOI:10.1126/science.adq4340Berkowitz, Rachel. Sonar tool poised to map sea floor in fine detail. https://www.science.org/content/article/new-sonar-tool-game-changer-mapping-sea-floorHit pieces:Work P, Lewis R, Bourque B. A multidisciplinary approach to resolve the taxonomy of the historically extinct sea mink (Neogale macrodon) (Maine, USA). Quaternary Research. Published online 2025:1-16. doi:10.1017/qua.2025.2 Credits:Sponsors: APANB, UNB Faculty of ArtsProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces)

This fortnight we’re joined by Christian Theriault, the PEI Provincial Archaeologist, and Dr. Helen Kristmanson of L’nuey to chat about the latest in the archaeology of Prince Edward Island. It’s the perfect prelude to a summer trip to the island, and the perfect thing to listen to while you cross the Confederation Bridge. Show NotesArchaeology and Palaeontology PEI: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/archaeology-and-paleontologyL'nuey: https://lnuey.ca/Permian Fossil Finds: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-fossil-reptile-foot-1.7186305"5,000-year-old bone, thought to be from Mi'kmaw woman living on P.E.I., called historic find" https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6571530Hit pieces:Society for American Archaeology - Geoarchaeology Task Force: Statement on Deep Testing for Terrestrial Sites and Professional Qualifications for Geoarchaeologists in Cultural Resources Management in the US (2025) https://archaeology.blob.core.windows.net/container/docs/default-source/saa-news-and-press-statements/saa-gtf-statement-on-deep-testing-and-qualifications-for-geoarchaeologists-07mar25.pdf?sfvrsn=9fd8e4e7_2R. Lee Lyman, On the Number of Authors per article in American Antiquity and Author Contributions http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=847190&p=29&view=issueViewerCredits:Sponsors: APANB, UNB Grand Lake Meadows Endowment FundProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title)

This fortnight Gabe and Ken talk to friend of the show, colleague, and dear fried, Trevor Charlemagne Dow (Ecofor Consulting/UNB). We discuss our recently released paper Backdirt and Bureaucracy Revisited: An Analysis of Research Trends in New Brunswick’s Archaeology Practice Using Historic Data. Worry not about the 2023 date on the paper, listeners, it's as fresh as a daisy and we're talking archaeobureaucrats, permits, and heritage legislation in New Brunswick. It's an all-hit piece NB Arch Pod this fortnight!Show Notes:Dow, T. C., et al. (2023). "Backdirt and Bureaucracy Revisited: An Analysis of Research Trends in New Brunswick’s Archaeology Practice Using Historic Data." Canadian Journal of Archaeology 47: 178–208. find it here (membership required): https://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/publications/canadian-journal-archaeology/online-firstor here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kenneth-holyoke_dow-et-al-2023-backdirt-and-bureaucracy-activity-7329920199128764416-2ubu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACYdwmgBXYUn8lypE5_JFr1h-10wI42ZLyUBibliography of New Brunswick Archaeology: http://www.gaspereau.com/bookInfo.php?AID=0&AISBN=9781554472673Heritage Conservation Act: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/thc/heritage/content/heritage_conservationact.htmlArchaeologist’s Almanac - Insituated Heritage: https://insituated.com/almanacUNDRIPCredits:Sponsors: APANB, UNB Grand Lake Meadows Endowment FundProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title)

This fortnight we’re joined by Dr. Matt Betts, the Curator of Eastern Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History and the former head of the Canadian Archaeology Association’s Climate Change Committee to talk about some of the climate threats to the terrestrial and underwater archaeological record. Matt discusses the analytical challenges and inequalities introduced by climate change’s effects on the archaeological record, and calls for a renewed commitment to culture history. Show NotesPlace-Making in the Pretty Harbour: https://press.uottawa.ca/en/9780776627779/place-making-in-the-pretty-harbour/HMS Terror: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/HMS-Terror-Hardback/p/18506https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/burning-libraries-the-race-to-save-canadas-coastal-archaeological-sites-before-theyre-washed-away/Hit piece:“Did Clovis Hunters Kill All the Mammoths?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBG6PLQhQ0E“Butchering a Bison With Clovis Tools and Points” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmsrkFjPiKMCredits:Sponsors: APANB, UNB Grand Lake Meadows Endowment FundProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedInMusic Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces) and Shayne Dahl (Hakuna Errata)

This fortnight, Gabe and Ken dial across one of the 4-OCEANS that make up the initiative Dr. Thomas Royle (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) joins us to talk about. We're getting into NISP and MNI, sharkaeology, and how big data can reveal the evolving palates of early Colonial period Virginians. Cast a line because there's no trout about it, if you've gadidae off this weekend, grab an ale, wife, and turn on the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast.Show NotesThomas Royle: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/thomas.royle4-OCEANS: https://www.ntnu.edu/museum/4-oceanshttps://historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/halberd/Royle, Thomas C.A., J. Ryan Kennedy, Eric J. Guiry, Luke S. Jackman, Yuka Shichiza, and Dongya Y. Yang. 2024. Sharkaeology: Expanding Understandings of Historical Chinese Diaspora Shark Fisheries in Monterey Bay, California, through the Genetic Species Identification of Archaeological Chondrichthyes Remains. Human Ecology 52(3):479–495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-024-00521-5CreditsSponsors: APANB, UNB Grand Lake Meadows Endowment FundProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn