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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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Sep 3, 2024 • 1h 35min

I've Got a Little List...Introducing the Bibliography of New Brunswick Archaeology

Welcome to this all hit piece episode of the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast where we have a show about a book about 640 pieces of published New Brunswick Archaeology. Tonight we’re not just podcasters, we’re co-authors, with the illustrious Trevor Dow who joins us in conversation about the Bibliography of New Brunswick Archaeology: Works to 2022. And that’s not all, listener. We have a special prize for the 10,000th listener! You just need to share a picture of yourself listening to the podcast between now and Sept. 10 (to our Instagram, LinkedIn, Email, or taped to a bottle of Balvenie Scotch and mailed to us) and you’ll be entered to win a great selection of books and other prizes.Buy our book!Gaspereau Press http://www.gaspereau.com/bookInfo.php?AID=224&AISBN=0Chapters/Indigo: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/bibliography-of-new-brunswick-archaeology-works-to-2022/9781554472673.htmlQuest for 10K Contest:Email: newbrunswickarchaeology@gmail.comSocials: @https://www.instagram.com/new_brunswick_archaeology/@https://www.instagram.com/mgabesie/?hl=en@https://www.instagram.com/k_holysmokes/https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrynick/https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-holyoke/Recent NB Arch Pod Media:Podcasters dig into N.B. history (CBC New Brunswick News): https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6480441Podcast looks to uncover 13,000 years of New Brunswick history: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/archaeology-podcast-new-brunswick-1.7294425Hammon, D. J.1984 A Ceramic Period Coastal Adaptation at Holt’s Point, New Brunswick. Master's, Anthropology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.https://themanatee.net/sisson-mine-arrowhead-turns-out-to-be-just-a-pointy-rock/Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Aug 21, 2024 • 1h 13min

If My Mom Could See Me Now

Welcome to Season 3 Listeners!! Ken and Gabe are both in New Brunswick this fortnight, and although they’ve stepped into place they’ve stepped out of time again. They’re joined this episode by Margarita de Guzman, the Managing Director and CEO of Circle CRM and the founding director of The Fair Field Foundation. We discuss The Fair Field Foundation’s initiatives around bolstering women in archaeology through mentorship and advocacy, and some of the issues faced by female archaeologists. We also chat about the state of CRM and a public archaeology program in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Fair Field Foundation: https://thefairfieldfoundation.com/Circle Consulting: https://www.circleconsulting.ca/(also, for kicks: archaeology.ca)SVG Public Archaeology Program: https://www.searchlight.vc/news/2011/02/01/public-archaeology-programme-comes-to-svg/Magyari, E.K., Chapman, J., Fairbairn, A.S., Francis, M. and de Guzman, M., 2012. Neolithic human impact on the landscapes of North-East Hungary inferred from pollen and settlement records. Vegetation history and archaeobotany 21:279-302.Bezzi, L., Bezzi, A., Boscaro, C., Feistmantl, K., Gietl, R., Naponiello, G., Ottati, F. and de Guzman, M., 2018. Commercial archaeology and 3D web technologies. Journal of Field Archaeology 43:S45-S59.
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Jul 23, 2024 • 57min

Well, this is Auk-ward...

This fortnight, we’re putting on our best Boston accent and becoming the New Brunswick Auk-aeology Podcast. That’s right, listener, all good things must come to an end. Like Season 2 of the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast and the Great Auk. There's no cliffhangers here, we're not even burying the lede, but we’re joined for our season finale by Lucia Snyderman, who is researching the Great Auk and its extinction using data from archaeological contexts in the Far Northeast and further afield. The Great Auk couldn’t soar, but this topic does, and if you listen closely, you might even hear its dulcet tones echoing through your earphones. We’ll be back soon with Season III!Thanks to you, listeners, to Emanuel, and to APANB and ULeth SSHRC Exchange for sponsorship.Show Notes:Lucia Snyderman: ResearchGate and LinkedInGarefowl: garefowl.co.uk/music Lucia Snyderman, “Bone, Skin, and story: Fragments of Great Auk Extinction. https://science4sustainability.wordpress.com/2024/03/04/bone-skin-and-story-fragments-of-great-auk-extinction/Recreated great auk sound: https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/p=14851Thomas et. al. 2019. Demographic reconstructions from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the great auk. Evolutionary Biology, Genetics and Genomics. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47509Hit Piece: Spahr, Tim. 2024. Island Archaeology in Cape Porpoise, Maine. Archaeology Now: https://www.eaglehill.us/anow-pdfs/anow-002-Spahr.pdfSponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Jul 9, 2024 • 1h 1min

Discord and datcord [taylor's version]

This fortnight (with proper audio now), Gabe is still in tiki gear two weeks later and Ken is still freezing despite the current heat wave and we're joined by Dr. Emma Yasui, the multi-talented archaeobotanist, podcaster, cultural consultant, and gaming guru. On our way through a conversation covering everything from representation in ttRPGs to Japanese kitchen gardens, Gabe learns about discord and how an RPG works, and Ken reminisces about his pals on subaruforester.com. If you're interested in Jomon and Nikkei archaeology, or wondering what to cook with your yamaimo, this is the episode you've been waiting for!Show NotesFind Emma on LinkedIn and Twitter/X @starchaeologist • How fuki still grows at a former imprisonment camp in BC • Tonari Gumi cookbooks (on kitchen gardens) • Nikkei in Canada • Nikkei archaeology in Canada (Bob Muckle) • Asians Represent! https://aznsrepresent.carrd.co/# (link to join the discord server is under “contact”) • Some of Emma's consulting work: https://www.kidstablebg.com/makimasterHodgetts, L., Supernant, K., Lyons, N., & Welch, J. R. (2020). Broadening #MeToo: Tracking Dynamics in Canadian Archaeology Through a Survey on Experiences Within the Discipline. Can. J. Arch., 44(1), 20. Yasui, E. (2022). Processing it all: Starch residues on Jomon Period ground stone from southern Hokkaido, Japan. J. Arch. Sci. Rpts, 45, 103597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103597Banning, E. B., Hitchings, P., Rhodes, S., Yasui, E., Gibbon, E., Handziuk, N., Glasser, A., Ullah, I., & Abu Jayyab, K. (2018). Jawafat Shaban and the Late Neolithic in Wâdî al-Bîr, Northern Jordan. Paléorient, 44(1), 57-74. Hit PiecesPatton, K., C. Hernandez, and K. Maxwell. 2024. A Decolonial Reflection on Archaeological Pedagogy and Practice. The SAA Archaeological Record 24(3):24-27.Peace, T. (2023). The Slow Rush of Colonization: Spaces of Power in the Maritime Peninsula, 1680-1790. UBC Press. (Winner of the 2024 Canadian Historical Association’s Clio prize for Atlantic Region)Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn
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Jun 26, 2024 • 1h 17min

champlain problems

This fortnight, the Northeast is engulfed in a heat wave and Alberta has returned to periglacial conditions. Gabe is therefore on assignment poolside while Ken stokes the fire and says a prayer for his tomatillos. Whether you’re in a daiquiri or a hot toddy setting today, get ready to change latitude and change attitude as the NB Archaeology Podcast goes south of the border. In the latest installment of our Great Sites series, we’re joined by Arthur Anderson of the University of New England to tell us all about Maine site 5.06 or the village of Chouacoët. 5.06 is the so-called village described by Champlain in 1605, but Arthur’s recent work there suggests some 2000 years of Indigenous occupation at the site, and complicates archaeological understanding about what a village should look like. Great Citations:Anderson, Arthur W. 2022. The village of Chouacoët and the ceramic and protohistoric periods on Saco Bay, Maine. In The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Present (pp.507-521). Canadian Museum of History Mercury Series, eds. Kenneth R. Holyoke and M. Gabriel Hrynick. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.Baker, Emerson W. 2004. Finding the Almouchiquois: Native American families, territories, and land sales in southern Maine. Ethnohistory 51(1):73-100.Leveillee, Alan, Joseph N. Waller Jr., and Donna Ingham. 2006 Dispersed Villages in Late Woodland Period South-Coastal Rhode Island. Archaeology of Eastern North America 34:71-89.Lore, Robert J. 2006. Adaptations in the Edge Environment: Faunal Analysis of an Armouchiquois Indian Village. Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin 46(1):1-22. Spahr, Tim. 2019. Northeast Algonquin Weir Remains at Redin Island: Comparing Local Features to Historic Illustrations. Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin 59(1):1-20.And check out: Holyoke, K.R., and M.G. Hrynick. 2024. Podcasting and Public Archaeology: the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast. The SAA Archaeological Record 24(3):11–17.Credits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn; Noize &Freeze Files
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Jun 11, 2024 • 1h 56min

Safety Dance

Content Warning: this episode deals with sensitive topics like drug use and sexual harassment.Archaeology is a lot of fun, and it’s even more fun when you aren’t on the business end of a bear bluff charge. In this episode, we are joined by Greer Vanderbyl (22:37), Carol Colaninno (59:53), and Nadine Byers (1:22:43) for big picture advice about field safety. Greer discusses building a culture of safety among your field crew, Carol provides advice for field directors to help combat sexual harassment in the field, and Nadine explains why archaeologists should consider adding Naloxone to their first aid kits. Also - are you a musician or podcaster in need of audio editing and producing? Our incomparable producer, Emanuel Akel (13:36), is looking to expand his portfolio (see details in credits, below).Byers, Nadine, and Gabe Hrynick. 2023. “A Lifesaving Part of An Archaeologist's First Aid Kit: Naloxone” Colaninno, Carol E, Shawn P Lambert, Emily L Beahm, Morgan D Tallman, Carl G Drexler, and Clark H Sturdevant. 2024. Cultivating inclusivity: strategies field school directors use to promote safe and supportive field schools. Southeastern Archaeology:1-17.Greer Vanderbyl Carol ColaninnoSHARPResources for US-Based ArchaeologistsResources for Canadian Based ArchaeologistsNadine ByersHit Pieces:A paid research opportunity! The Saint John River Society is conducting a research project Pairing Indigenous and non-Indigenous Perspectives to Support Sustainable Flow Management of the Wolastoq Phase 2. For more information CONTACT Sharon Cunningham bbwatch124@gmail.com and check out the Saint John River Society ELOHA ProjectCredits:Sponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn; Noize &Freeze Files
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May 26, 2024 • 58min

Move From What You Know, to What You Don't Know [It's All Funkytown] - Intrusive Feature 2e

We're back a demi-fortnight later than usual to bring you this sonic and gastronomic journey through the Paris of the Prairies. The Award-Winning NB Archaeology Pod travelled to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association in Saskatoon, SK earlier this month an caught up with friends, met new colleagues, and encountered a Peppa Pig singing robot at the Number 1 Noodle House. We also took home the Public Communications Award (Institutional/Professional) for the CAA this year! So thank you listeners!Show NotesFeatured interviews:Alvina Tam (Senior Archaeologist, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority) and Tommy Ng (Partner and Senior Project Archaeologist, Bison Historical Services)Scott Neilsen (Associate Professor, Labrador Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland)Lindsay Amundsen-Meyer (Assistant Professor, University of Calgary) and Matthew Munro (Senior Archaeologist, Independent/Stantec Consulting)Tammi Mills (PhD Candidate, University of Lethbridge)Richard Grubb (American Cultural Resources Association/Vice-President, Richard Grubb & Associates) and Sara Beanlands (Principal/Senior Archaeologist, Boreas Heritage Consulting)CreditsSponsors: APANB and ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel

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