

The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast
Gabe Hrynick and Ken Holyoke
Covering 13,000 years of history, archaeologists Gabe Hrynick (Professor, University of New Brunswick) and Ken Holyoke (Assistant Professor, University of Lethbridge) introduce the people, technologies, and stories of archaeology in New Brunswick, Canada.
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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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

May 7, 2024 • 1h 25min
Great Sites: Coming to Loggerheads at Sam Bliss' Estate
This fortnight we learned you can take the Loyalist out of the states, but maybe you can’t take the states out of the Loyalist. You certainly can’t take the cannon out of the dooryard. Tune in to hear Dr. David Black tell us about Sam Bliss, the well armed shopkeeper turned soldier turned well-armed Quoddy Region farmer. And it’s not just weapons, Dave will also tell you about what the Blisses ate and raised on his Island. If you’re interested in Loyalists in New Brunswick, this is an important part of the archaeological record, and our second installment of the “Great Sites” series.Show Notes:Ashley, Elihu. 2007. Romance, remedies, and revolution : the journal of Dr. Elihu Ashley of Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1773-1775. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst.Craig, Calvin Lee. 2003. Early families of "the Mackadavy" : settlers before, during, and following the Loyalist period, Magaguadavic Valley, Parish of St. George, Southwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Self published, but there’s a copy at the UNB library: https://unb.on.worldcat.org/oclc/54415977“The Colonial Flip, George Washington’s Favorite Drink” The Colonial Flip, George Washington's Favorite Drink (youtube.com)Obituary and bibliography for John Carl Medcof https://shellfish.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/in%20memoriam%20john%20medcof%20191.pdfPerley, Moses. 1850. Report on the sea and river fisheries of New Brunswick, within the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Bay of Chaleur. Fredericton, J. Simpson.Great Cites:Black, David W., and Christopher R. Blair. 2000. Faunal Remains from the Loyalist Occupation of the Bliss Islands, Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Ontario Archaeology 69:39-54.Blair, Christopher. 2013. Looking For Bliss: An Early Loyalist Family in Passamaquoddy Bay. In Underground New Brunswick: Stories of Archaeology, edited by P. Erickson, and J. Fowler, pp. 107-116. Nimbus Publishing, HalifaxHit Pieces:Mack, Karen. 2023. The Rumford Falls Ceramic Assemblage and Maine Ceramic Period 2 (CP2) Pottery. Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin 63(2):1-42.Will, Richard, and Karen Mack. 2023. Rumford Falls and Beyond: A Comparative Analysis of Archaic period and Ceramic Period LIthic Debitage Assemblages. Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin 63(2):43-60.CreditsSponsors: APANB and ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel

Apr 23, 2024 • 1h 30min
Between a Rock and an Art Place
Do you like art? Do you like rocks? Well have we got the show for you! This fortnight your hosts Ken and Gabe are joined by Bryn Tapper (Memorial University) to discuss Indigenous pictographs and petroglyphs from Maine and the Maritimes. Bryn also discusses the importance of rock art sites for understanding Indigenous landscapes, ontologies, and shamanistic practices.Show NotesBragdon, K. J. (2002). The interstices of literacy: Books and writings and their use in Native American southern New England. In W. L. Merrill and I. Goddard (Eds.). Anthropology, History, and American History: Essays in Honor of William Curtis Sturtevant (pp. 121–130). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.Hedden, Mark H. (2004) Passamaquoddy Shamanism and Rock Art in Machias Bay, Maine. In Rock Art of Eastern North America, edited by C. Diaz-Grandos, and J.R. Duncan, pp. 319-343. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.Mallory, Garrick (1894) Picture Writing of the American Indian. Smithsonian Institution–Bureau of Ethnology, Washington.Molyneaux, Brian L. (1989) Concepts of humans and animals in Post-Contact Micmac rock art. In Animals into Art, edited by H. Morphy, pp. 193-214. One World Archaeology, Vol. 7. Unwin Hyman, Ltd., London.Robinson, Brian S., and A. Sky Heller (2017) Maritime Culture Patterns and Animal Symbolism in Eastern Maine. Journal of the North Atlantic Special Volume 10:90-104.Tapper, Bryn (2020) Exploring Relationality: Perspectives on the Research Narratives of the Rock Art of the Algonquian-Speaking Peoples of Central and Eastern Canada. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 27(3):723-744.Tapper, Bryn, Oscar Moro Abadía, and Dagmara Zawadzka (2020) Representation and meaning in rock art: the case of Algonquian rock images. World Archaeology 52(3):449-462.Hit PiecesNewfoundland and Labrador “Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review 2023” volume 22, https://www.gov.nl.ca/tcar/files/PAO-Review-Vol-22-2023.pdfAnd, CRM folks, keep your eye out for two surveys from Ken and Colleagues about CRM in Canada, for more information:Employers: (https://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_b7LGAFHK8dUlyDQ)Folks working CRM:(https://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_erDqAUKQ8XG7JDE)CreditsSponsors: APANB and ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel

Apr 9, 2024 • 1h 23min
Are You Afraid of the Arch[aeology]?
It’s spooky season here on the New Brunswick Archaeology podcast. We’re joined by Dr. Chris Wolff to talk about his research about fear as an important aspect of societies past and present. He’ll also give you a primer on the archaeology of Newfoundland and Labrador, share some of his recent work at Stock Cove, and discuss how the peopling of Newfoundland fits into a broader understanding of the colonization of North America. And there’s even some bonus content about nuclear fallout shelters and drums!Show Notes:The Reformatory: A Novel, by Tanarive Due https://www.tananarivedue.com/The Shivers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shivers_(Austin,_Texas)Stephen Graham Jones, “The Only Good Indians” https://www.amazon.ca/Only-Indians-Stephen-Graham-Jones/dp/1982136456“Sustainability in Ancient and Island Societies”: https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813069975&fbclid=IwAR2jDWQU1QIXsOJ7w-_lwAOdTniLyRlaawayhNwrZgxrZRZi81Z6YTYbnbE_aem_AWGXJNXC7tyTIy1l9S6oRvjstF7l68BXdGRQ9CICmJu7cIBqp4-QxFNXY59Ia4iiKr_WcrBlkvoFEiZVGnn7xcPKHit Pieces:Jones, Brian (2023) Constraints and Assumptions for Modeling the Paleoindian Colonization of New England. Northeast Anthropology 91-92:1-18.MacInnes, David (2023) Population Dynamics, Mobility and Pottery Use Among Hunter-Gatherers on the Maritime Peninsula of North America. Northeast Anthropology 91-92:19-51. McLellan, A. and Woolsey, C.A. (2024) ‘Thematic Analysis of Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management Industries’, American Antiquity. First View article.Sponsors: APANB and ULeth SSHRC ExchangeProducer: Emanuel Akel


