The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast

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 NotesYoung, 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.htmGanong, 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/0993672566Clarke, 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 BrunswickWoolsey, 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-harvardBlack, 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.

This fortnight, Ken and Gabe chat with Dr. Bonnie Pitblado (University of Oklahoma) about her work as the chair of the SAA Task Force on Archaeologist-Collector Collaborations, how collectors contribute to the understanding of early archaeology in OK, PAN(cakes), and how we can all find harmony through heritage in these important professional-avocational relationships.Show NotesPitblado, Bonnie L., Matthew J. Rowe, Bryon Schroeder, Suzie Thomas, and Anna Wessman2022 Professional–Collector Collaboration: Moving beyond Debate to Best Practice. Advances in Archaeological Practice 10(1):3-9.Full, open-access issuePitblado, B. L. (2014). An Argument for Ethical, Proactive, Archaeologist-Artifact Collector Collaboration. American Antiquity, 79(3), 385-400.Pitblado, B. L., Cooley, D., Deere, B., Dudley, M., McLeod, A., Moore, K., & Palacios, H. (2023). The Oklahoma Public Archaeology Network (OKPAN): Leveraging University Resources to Serve Historically Excluded Communities. Advances in Archaeological Practice, 11(3), 314-327.Pitblado, B. L., Shott, M. J., Brosowske, S., Butler, V. L., Cox, J., Espenshade, C., Neller, A. J., Peebles, G. M., Sánchez, G., Shipley, R., Suárez, R., & Thomas, S. (2018). Process and Outcomes of the SAA "Professional Archaeologists, Avocational Archaeologists, Responsible Artifact Colletors Relationships Task Force" (2015-2018). The SAA Archaeological Record, 18(5), 14-17.Pitblado, B. L., & Thomas, S. (2020). Unraveling the spectra of stewards and collectors. Antiquity, 94, 1077+.New Brunswick Tourism, Heritage and Culture - Archaeology https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/thc/heritage/content/archaeology.htmlOklahoma Public Archaeology Network (OKPAN)https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/thc/heritage/content/archaeology.htmlUK Portable Antiquities Scheme: https://finds.org.uk/Hit PiecesCBC’s Ideas Podcast - Atlantis and the Apocalypse: The World of Fringe Archaeology (featuring NB Arch Pod guest, Stephanie Halmhofer!)Hrynick, M. G., Anderson, A. W., Moore, E. C., & Meade, M. (2023). Embedding Librarians in Archaeological Field Schools. Advances in Archaeological Practice, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2023.17

Show NotesOnce upon a time in a secret smokefilled hotel room in Membertou, Darryl Kelman shared some of the deepest secrets of regional archaeology with your humble hosts to share some secret documents and other arcana; there were unspeakable rights, and quite a few unspeakable wrongs, too. We can’t share that with you, though. This fortnight Ken and Gabe are joined by Darryl, one of the Maritimes’ own top pocket finds, to talk about the Curse of Oak Island. Darryl shares some tips for archaeologists who want to communicate the extraordinary and real archaeology of the Maritimes without alienating people who may have discovered archaeology via pseudoscientific programming. If you liked our earlier show with Stef Halmhofer, you may enjoy this too.Hand of Robin Squire: https://preserve.lib.unb.ca/seastacks/20221011131519/https://seastacks.lib.unb.ca/content/hand-robin-squiresKelman Heritage: http://kelmanheritage.com/staff.htmlTreasure Trove Act: https://nslegislature.ca/legc/bills/61st_2nd/3rd_read/b081.htmSponsor: APANB, ULeth SSHRC Exchange

This fortnight, Gabe and Ken discuss Gabe's recent eventful trip to the Eastern States Archeological Federation Annual Meeting in Ocean City Maryland, and Gabe gets us caught up with friends and colleagues from across the Northeast in the mobile studio, NJ diner interview and food recommendations incoming.We're also thrilled to announce our newest sponsors, the University of Lethbridge Office of Research and Innovation Services (ULeth ORIS) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council!Show Notes (Interviews)Josh Cummings (MA Student, University of New Brunswick)Heather Rockwell (Assistant Professor, Salve Regina University)Zachary Singer (State Terrestrial Archaeologist, Maryland)Jonathan Alperstein (PhD Student, Dartmouth College)Arthur Anderson (Friend of the Show, Associate Teaching Professor, University of New EnglandDawson Burnett (Recent BA, University of New Brunswick)Amy Fox (PhD Candidate, University of TorontoSponsorsULeth SHRCC Exchange (https://www.ulethbridge.ca/research/grants/sshrc-exchange)APANB

This fortnight, Gabe and Ken are joined from west of the Rockies by PhD student (University of Alberta) and pseudoarchaeology expert Stephanie Halmhofer to talk about what pseudoarchaeology is, how you can prebunk and defuse pseudoarchaeological narratives, and the curious case of Brother XII.Show NotesStephanie's work and activities can be found at:Bones, Stones, and Books: https://bonesstonesandbooks.com/On Twitter/X: @Cult_Archaeo: https://twitter.com/Cult_Archaeohttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephanie-HalmhoferOxygen of Amplification: https://datasociety.net/library/oxygen-of-amplification/A Guide to Prebunking: https://firstdraftnews.org/articles/a-guide-to-prebunking-a-promising-way-to-inoculate-against-misinformation/Science of the Cranky Uncle (tips for dealing with misinformation): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1xbdG-NAkB1eYgQoZN1d0nnVCkzDJaNMHit PiecesAlexander A. Honsinger, Arthur W. Anderson, & M. Gabriel Hrynick (2023) Lithic Procurement in the Quoddy Region, Washington County, Maine: A View from the Reversing Falls Site (80.15). Archaeology of Eastern North America, 51:95-107A. Katherine Patton, Arthur Anderson & David W. Black (2023) “… the most delicious fish …”—toward a zooarchaeology of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, on the coastal Northeast of North America, The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2023.2227135"Unusual statue featuring a frontal depiction of a man holding his phallus with both hands is discovered near to Mesolithic temple in Turkey" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12589389/Unusual-statue-featuring-frontal-depiction-man-holding-phallus-hands-discovered-near-Mesolithic-temple-Turkey.html

This fortnight we’re joined by Matt Betts, Curator of Eastern Canadian Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History. We discuss what we think are some of the big questions are in regional archaeology. (Looking for an MA or a PhD project? Listen for some of Matt’s suggestions!)Show NotesMatt’s HMS Terror Book: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Dr-Matthew-Betts/a/3993Matt and Gabe’s Archaeology of the Atlantic Northeast: https://utorontopress.com/9781487587949/the-archaeology-of-the-atlantic-northeast/Ken and Gabe’s Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact: https://www.historymuseum.ca/boutique/product/the-far-northeast-3000-bp-to-contact/Matt’s Place-Making in the Pretty Harbour: https://www.historymuseum.ca/boutique/product/place-making-in-the-pretty-harbour-the-archaeology-of-port-joli-nova-scotia/

Show NotesThis fortnight, we’re kicking off season two in conversation with Emily Draicchio, who recently defended her MA thesis, “Excavating Archives: Mapping Enslaved People and Locating their Living Quarters in New Brunswick’s Loyalist Landscape” at UNB. We discuss Black Loyalists and the forgotten history of slavery in Atlantic Canada. And we have a new Ecofor prize winner for NB Archaeology Bingo!Chan, Slavery in the Age of Reason: Archaeology at a New England Farm, https://utpress.org/title/slavery-in-the-age-of-reason/Hartman, Saidiya. 2008. Venus in Two Acts. Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism 12(2):1-14. [Introduces the concept of “critical fabulation”]Whitfield, North to Bondage, https://www.ubcpress.ca/north-to-bondageEcofor, https://www.ecofor.ca/Hit Pieces:Elliott Smith, E. A., P. Szpak, T. J. Braje, B. Newsom, and T. C. Rick. 2023. Pre-industrial ecology and foraging behavior of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the eastern North Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series 711:129-134.Kitchel, Nathaniel R., Brandi L. MacDonald, Matthew T. Boulanger, and Heather M. Rockwell. 2023. Preliminary results on the applicability of neutron activation analysis (NAA) to identify cherts from the Munsungun Lake Formation, Maine, USA. Geoarchaeology 38(5):665-676.Taylor, Marla “Creating an Indigenous Collections Care Guide”https://peabody.andover.edu/2023/08/17/creating-an-indigenous-collections-care-guide/?fbclid=IwAR0CZ1iY6H3xxYhjsu2YROrG7lCPJsU-5iKCBH4ScX-Vdwp3ZrxLKgeWvgEWheeler, Ryan J., and Bonnie Newsom. 2023. Chapter 11 Sacred Places and Contested Spaces in Maine: The Long Shadow of Colonial Science in the Light of Repatriation. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 34(1):132-144.Music:Justin Hoenke: https://tinyurl.com/mu7v7unwShayne DahlSponsor:Association of Professional Archaeologists of New Brunswick: apanb.ca

Guests Gabe and Ken join the hosts to review Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Topics cover surviving a nuclear blast in a refrigerator, Shia LeBoeuf's role, using movies in class, Russian soldiers, inaccuracies in the film, interdimensional beings, archaeology theory, problematic relationships, Canadian heritage moments, and children's programming commercials.

There's a new Doctor in the house!We’re back after our own great hiatus! Join us this week while Dr. Ken Holyoke tells us about his recently defended dissertation and provides some advice for folks considering studying for a PhD.And congrats to Gillian! The first winner of the Ecofor prize draw.https://www.ecofor.ca/Hit piecesNewsom, B., Soctomah, D., Blackwood, E., & Brough, J. (2023). Indigenous Archaeologies, Shell Heaps, and Climate Change: A Case Study from Passamaquoddy Homeland. Advances in Archaeological Practice, 1-12. doi:10.1017/aap.2023.14Hrynick, M., Anderson, A., Moore, E., & Meade, M. (2023). Embedding Librarians in Archaeological Field Schools. Advances in Archaeological Practice, 1-8. doi:10.1017/aap.2023.17Gabriel Hrynick, M., and Matthew W. Betts (2023). Late Maritime Woodland period hunter-fisher-gatherer complexity in the Far Northeast: Toward an historical and contingent approach. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 71:101535.

In this episode, Ken and Gabe are talking about the Downeast Maine Archaeological Field School directed by none other than your co-host Gabe Hrynick and our colleagues Arthur Anderson and Matt Betts. Gabe also took the microphone to the field and recorded a series of short interviews with fieldschool students and collaborators which you will have the pleasure of listening to. This is our most immersive ep yet. Thanks to our interviewees: Julia Chebott, Tim Treen, Dawson Burnett, Emily Draiccio, Jacob Couture, Dave MacInnes, Isaac Scott, Kathy Martin, and Iulia Vuia. We’d also like to thank Donald Soctomah, Natalie Dana-Lolar, Deirdre Whitehead, Kyle Koch, and all of our friends at the Cobscook Institute. Also thanks to all of our other guest faculty: Jerika Heinz (FIEST), Nadine Byers (Amoskeag Health), Madeleine Mcleester (Dartmouth). Thank you to Future NB and Sarah King for facilitating funding for UNB students to attend the field school, and to SSHRC for ongoing research funding. Other links:Cobscook Institute: https://cobscookinstitute.org/Jeremy Dutcher: https://jeremydutcher.com/Maine Coast Heritage Trust: https://www.mcht.org/Tides Institute: https://www.tidesinstitute.org/