The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast

[SPOILER ALERT!!] This week Gabe and Ken review the new Indiana Jones movie Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. We talk about the film, its impact, where it fits in the series, and how we could all go easier on Dr. Jones.Show Notes:CP Snow’s “The Two Cultures”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_CulturesTrigger’s History of Archaeological Thought: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-of-archaeological-thought/E278A8C631322BAC5B5E21C88E3CEBFBScreens of the Stone Age: https://pasc-scpa.ca/sotsaChunky's Cinema Pub: https://www.chunkys.com/movie-theater/chunkysmanchester

This fortnight Ken and Gabe get well outside of their comfort zone and talk about historical archaeology. St. Onge, forts, and trade goods, oh my! Your hosts are about to start their summer field seasons and Ken needs to finish his dissertation so our summer schedule will be more erratic, but you’ll still be hearing from us. Remember to send in your finished Bingo card to be entered into the swag drawing. Show Notes:Generate your Bingo card here (thanks, Wally!): https://bingobaker.com/#6460122e33e86867Black, David W., and Christopher R. Blair. 2000. Faunal Remains from the Loyalist Occupation of the Bliss Island, Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Ontario Archaeology 69:39 – 54.Blockhouses: http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/chs/23/chs23-1a.htmDaigle, Jean (ed). 1995. Acadia of the Maritimes: thematic studies (9th). Centre d'études acadiennes, Moncton, N.B.Doroszenko, Dena. 2009. Exploration, Exploitation, Expansion, and Settlement: Historical Archaeology in Canada. In International Handbook of Historical Archaeology, edited by D. Gaimster and T. Majewski, pp. 507–524. Springer, New York.Ecofor Consulting, https://www.ecofor.ca/Erickson, Paul A., and Jonathan Fowler. 2013. Underground New Brunswick : stories of archaeology. Nimbus Publishing Halifax, Nova Scotia. https://nimbus.ca/store/underground-new-brunswick.htmlKidd, K.E. and M.A. Kidd. (1970). A Classification System for Glass Beads for the Use of Field Archaeologists. http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/chs/1/chs1-2a.htmMartello Towers: http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/chs/15/chs15-1a.htm McMillan, L. K. (2016). An Evaluation of Tobacco Pipe Stem Dating Formulas. Northeast Historical Archaeology, 45, 67-91. New Brunswick Provincial Archives: https://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/?culture=en-CA Saint Mary’s University Ceramics Database: https://www.smu.ca/anthropology/lab-ceramics-database.htmlWhitfield, Harvey Amani. 2017. The African Diaspora in Atlantic Canada: History, Historians, and Historiography. Acadiensis 46(1):213–232.Sam Cooke, “Wonderful World,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfzpAv1hi2YThe Band, “Acadian Driftwood,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SycgViWySeEHit piece:“Screens of the Stone Age” podcast, https://pasc-scpa.ca/sotsa

This fortnight, Ken and Gabe discuss early Indigenous-European contacts in New Brunswick. The Far Northeast was the second earliest site of sustained Indigenous-European interaction, and events here fundamentally shaped North American history. Tune in this fortnight to hear about this collision of histories, the importance of cod and furs, and for Ken and Gabe to fail to answer the question “how many people lived here.”Show NotesCox, Steven L. 2000. An Early Contact Native Site on the Upper St. Croix River. Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin 40(2):1-10.Graeber, D., & Wengrow, D. 2021. The dawn of everything: a new history of humanity. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.Holly, D. H. 2013. History in the making : the archaeology of the eastern subarctic. AltaMira Press.MacDonald, S.L. 1994. Exploring Patterns of Prehistoric Lithic Material Use in the Insular Quoddy Region, Charlotte County, New Brunswick. Master's, Anthropology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.Martin, Calvin. 1975. The Four Lives of a Micmac Copper Pot. Ethnohistory 22(2):111-133.Prins, Harald E. L. 1992. Cornfields at Meductic: Ethnic and Territorial Reconfigurations in Colonial Acadia. Man in the Northeast 44:55-72.Sanger, D. 1991. Five Thousand Years of Contact Between Maine and Nova Scotia. Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin 31(2):55-61Silliman, Stephen W. 2005. Culture Contact or Colonialism? Challenges in the Archaeology of Native North America. American Antiquity 70(1):55-74.Spiess, Arthur E., and Bruce D. Spiess. 1987. New England Pandemic of 1616-1622: Cause and Archaeological Implication. Man in the Northeast 34:71-83.Turgeon, Laurier. 1998. French Fishers, Fur Traders, and Amerindians during the Sixteenth Century: History and Archaeology. The William and Mary Quarterly 55(4):585-610.White, Sam. 2017. A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America. Harvard University Press.John Cabot Heritage Minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds8G9sFOK5wHit piecesCheck out reviews of The Far Northeast: 3000 BP - Contact and Archaeology of the Atlantic Northeast in volume 90 of Northeast AnthropologyCMH’s podcast “Artifactuality” episode 3, featuring Gabe Yanicki (not in an airport Chilis) in discussion with Blackfoot about connections among the Wally’s Beach site, and ice-free corridor, and oral history (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-3-we-have-always-been-here/id1689441415?i=1000616617670Potential Heritage District for Fredericton: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-heritage-development-1.6870034

In this marathon episode—did you know marathon actually refers to the legend Philippides?—Ken and Gabe tangent their way through the Late Maritime Woodland. By the time the balthazar—a large format bottle named, incidentally for one of the biblical magi, another word for “wise man” in the Anglo-Catholic tradition—of Courvoisier–which is a drink—was gone, the sun was rising and both of your intrepid hosts had gotten in over their heads discussing Japanese hunter-gatherers, too. Show NotesBinford, L.R. 1980. Willow Smoke and Dogs' Tails: Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems and Archaeological Site Formation. American Antiquity 45(1):4-20.Black, D. W. 2002. Out of the Blue and Into the Black: The Middle-Late Maritime Woodland Transition in the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick, Canada. In Northeast Subsistence-Settlement Change: A.D. 700-1300, edited by J. P. Hart, and C.B. Rieth, pp. 301-320. New York State Museum Bulletin #496. University of the State of New York/State Education Department, Albany.Blair, S. E. (2010). Missing the boat in lithic procurement: Watercraft and the bulk procurement of tool-stone on the Maritime Peninsula. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 29(1), 33-46.Cox, S.L. 2021. Goddard: A Prehistoric Village Site on Blue Hill Bay, Mainehttps://mainearchsociety.org/store/ [You can read Gabe’s review of it here: https://doi.org/10.51270/46.1.133 and Ken’s review of it in Northeast Anthro vol. 89]Foulkes, E. V. 1981. Fulton Island: a stratified site in the Saint John River Valley of New Brunswick M.A. thesis, Dept. of Anthropology, Trent University.Fox, A. N. 2015. A study of Late Woodland projectile point typology in New York using elliptical Fourier outline analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 4:501-509,Holyoke, K.R., and M. G. Hrynick [yer hosts]. 2015. Portages and Lithic Procurement in the Northeastern Interior: A Case Study from the Mill Brook Stream Site, Lower Saint John River Valley, New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 39(2):213-240.Leonard, K. 1996. Mi'kmaq Culture During the Late Woodland and Early Historic Periods. Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Toronto.Leonard, K. 1995. Woodland or Ceramic Period: a theoretical problem. Northeast Anthropology 50:19-30.Loring, S.1985. Boundary Maintenance, Mortuary Ceremonialism and Resource Control in the Early Woodland: Three Cemetery Sites in Vermont. Archaeology of Eastern North America 13:93-127.Miller, V.P. 1983. Social and Political Complexity on the East Coast: the Micmac Case. In The Evolution of Maritime Cultures on the Northeast and the Northwest Coasts of America, edited by R.J. Nash, pp. 41-55, Vol. 11. Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.Smith, B.D., 2001. Low-level food production. Journal of archaeological research, 9:1-43.Thériault, C., Hamilton, A., & McGrath, W. (2019). Archaeological Mitigation for the Fundy Connector Project, Kings County, New Brunswick: Archaeological Excavation Report for BjDh-3, BjDh-5, BjDh-6, BjDh-7.Wallace, B. 2009. L'Anse aux Meadows, Leif Eriksson's Home in Vinland. Journal of the North Atlantic Special Volume 2:114-125.Hit pieces:Hoopes J.W. , F. Dibble, and C. Feagans. 2023) Apocalypse Not: Archaeologists Respond to Pseudoarchaeology. The SAA Archaeological Record, 23(3): 28-35Historic Places Days: https://historicplacesdays.ca/for-sites/

After excising the Middle Palaeoindian and Middle Archaic periods, Ken and Gabe finally found a taxonomic middle worth keeping: the Middle Maritime Woodland period (2200-1300). This week they discuss Hopewell, shell heaps, bipoints, dentate ceramics, and much more. Make sure to check out the NB Arch Pod Bingo Card by Wally. NB Arch Pod BingoWally’s New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast Bingo card: https://bingobaker.com/#6460122e33e86867Hit Pieces:Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre: https://www.mikmaweydebert.ca/future-centre/Oubennaceur et al. “A Novel Index for Vulnerability Assessment of Archaeological Sites to Flood Hazard: Development and a Practical Application in the Waban-Aki Nation, Canada.” https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4432305Matt Betts, 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/Louis Binford, “Willow Smoke and Dogs’ Tails” https://doi.org/10.2307/279653Adrian Burke, “A Chronological and Typological Framework for Bifacial Stone Tools in the Maritime Peninsula during the Ceramic Period” in Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact https://press.uottawa.ca/en/9780776629650/the-far-northeast/David MacInnes (2021) Pre-European Population Dynamics on the Maritime Peninsula. Archaeology of Eastern North America 49:133-155.Sites from this week:Allen, Patricia. 1981. The Oxbow site: chronology and prehistory in northeastern New Brunswick. New Brunswick manuscripts in archaeology, Vol. 2, Fredericton, N.B.Black, David W. 2004. Living Close to the Ledge: Prehistoric Human Ecology of the Bliss Islands, Quoddy Region, New Brunswick, Canada. 2nd ed. Publications in Northeastern Archaeology No. 6. Copetown Press, St. John's.Blair, Susan, and Karen Perley. 2003. Wolastoqiyik Ajemseg: the people of the beautiful river at Jemseg. New Brunswick Culture and Sport Secretariat, Heritage Branch, Archaeological Services, Fredericton, N.B.Davis, Stephen A. 1978. Teacher's Cove: a Prehistoric Site on Passamaquoddy Bay. New Brunswick Archaeology, Vol. 1, No. 1. Historical Resources Administration, Fredericton.Hammon, D. J. 1984. A Ceramic Period Coastal Adaptation at Holt’s Point, New Brunswick. Master's, Anthropology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.Foulkes, E. V. 1981. Fulton Island: a stratified site in the Saint John River Valley of New Brunswick M.A. thesis, Department of Anthropology, Trent University.Lavoie, J. 1972. Le Site Sandy Point (BgDs6) et L’origine de la Region fo la Baie de Passamaquoddy, Nouveau-Brunswick. Master's, Anthropology, University of Montréal, Montréal.Sanger, David. 1987. The Carson Site and the Late Ceramic period in Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick. Mercury Series,, Vol. no 135. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

This week, Ken and Gabe pointed the Smith-Wintemberg limo toward Membertou for the 55th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Meeting. Special thanks to all the folks who agreed to interviews. Check out the links below, and we’ll talk to you again in about a fortnight. Show NotesArthur Anderson (UNE): https://www.une.edu/testimonial/arthur-andersonSara Beanlands (Boreas): http://www.boreasheritage.ca/BHCI/our-staff/David Black (UNB): https://www.unb.ca/faculty-staff/directory/arts-fr-anthropology/black-david.htmlJosh Cummings (UNB)Darcy Dignam (WSP): https://ca.linkedin.com/in/darcy-j-dignam-25597941Trevor Dow (Ecofor/UNB): https://www.ecofor.ca/team/trevor-dow/Nathaniel Kitchel (Dartmouth): https://anthropology.dartmouth.edu/people/nathaniel-r-kitchelSmith-Wintemberg Award: https://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/about/awards/smith-wintemberg-awardMembertou Trade & Convention Centre: https://membertoutcc.com/Sons of Membertou: https://www.last.fm/music/Sons+Of+MembertouCape Breton Regional Police Service (103 in an 80 - just a warning)Governor’s Pub & Eatery (try the lobster wontons): https://governorseatery.com/Kiju’s Restaurant: https://kijus.com/Lunar Rogue: https://www.lunarrogue.com/Membertou Chicken & Deli: https://membertouchickenanddeli.com/Old Triangle Irish Alehouse: https://www.oldtrianglesydneyns.com/

Welcome to the Early Maritime Woodland period (3000 - 2200 BP)! Ken and Gabe chat about this period especially as it relates to big inter-regional interaction spheres (like Adena) and technological developments (like ceramics). If you see us in Membertou for the CAAs next weekend, say hi and pick up a sticker.Show notes:Nova Scotia Pebbles: https://atlanticgeosciencesociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/NSPebbles2.pdfProfessional Careers in Archaeology and Beyond (Webinar/In-person session) at the CAA meeting: https://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/annual-meeting/sessions/hybrid-person-online-professional-careers-archaeology-and-beyond. Register to attend here: https://uleth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zzMnduKVQFyK4xEWKaIQ_gAllen, P. 1981. The Oxbow site: chronology and prehistory in northeastern New Brunswick. New Brunswick Manuscripts in Archaeology, Vol. 1, Fredericton.Fiedel, S.J. 2001. What happened in the Early Woodland? Archaeology of Eastern North America 29:101-142.Holyoke & Hrynick. 2022. The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact. Mercury Series Archaeology Paper 181. University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa. https://www.historymuseum.ca/boutique/product/the-far-northeast-3000-bp-to-contact/Leonard, K. 1995. Woodland or Ceramic Period: a theoretical problem. Northeast Anthropology, 50, 19-30.MacInnes, D. 2021. Pre-European Population Dynamics on the Maritime Peninsula. Archaeology of Eastern North America 49:133-155.Pelletier-Michaud, A.. 2017. The Bristol-Shiktehawk bifaces and Early Woodland ceremonialism in the Middle St. John Valley, New Brunswick. Master of Arts, Anthropology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.Sassaman, K.E. 2010. The Eastern Archaic, historicized. Issues in Eastern Woodlands archaeology. AltaMira Press, Lanham.Taché, K., and O. Craig. 2015. Cooperative harvesting of aquatic resources and the beginning of pottery production in north-eastern North America. Antiquity 89(343):177-190.Turnbull, C. 1976. The Augustine Site: A Mound from the Maritimes. Archaeology of Eastern North America 4:50-62.Hit Pieces:Papers in Honour of David Black at the CAA: https://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/annual-meeting/sessions/papers-honour-david-w-blackAnderson, A., and M.G. Hrynick. 2023. The Site at Denbow Point, Cobscook Bay, and 20th Century Collecting in Downeast Maine. Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin 63(1):1-14.“1,000-year-old canoe recovered from N.C. lake moves Waccamaw tribe members to tears” https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/waccamaw-ancient-canoe-1.6815398 ?

In this episode, Ken and Gabe discuss the Transitional Archaic (ca. 4000-3000 years ago). Mostly we talked about the Susquehanna phenomenon in Maine and the Maritimes, and what we don’t know takes up more of the show than what we do. We’ve also got a special lost interview from Ken’s adventure at the SAA. Finally, a big thanks to all of you who have tuned in and helped us cross the 1000 listens threshold! Talk to you in a fortnight. Sponsor: APANBHit pieces:Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Archaeology Office Annual Review, 2022 https://www.gov.nl.ca/tcar/files/PAO-Review-Vol-21-2022.pdfProfessional Careers in Archaeology and Beyond https://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/annual-meeting/sessions/hybrid-person-online-professional-careers-archaeology-and-beyond Show Notes:Black, D. W. 2018 “..gathering pebbles on a boundless shore..” — The Rum Beach Site and Intertidal Archaeology in the Canadian Quoddy Region. https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/islandora/object/unbscholar%3A9409Deal, Michael, John Campbell, and Bryn Tapper. 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/10.51270/46.1.52Petersen, James B. 1995. Preceramic Archaeological Manifestations in the Far Northeast: A Review of Current Research. Archaeology of Eastern North America 23:207–230.Petersen, James B., Brian S. Robinson, Daniel F. Belknap, James Stark, and Lawrence K. Kaplan. 1994. An Archaic and Woodland period fish weir complex in central Maine. Archaeology of Eastern North America 22:197-222.Blair, Susan, and Karen Perley. 2003. Wolastoqiyik Ajemseg: the people of the beautiful river at Jemseg. New Brunswick Culture and Sport Secretariat, Heritage Branch, Archaeological Services, Fredericton, N.B. https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/thc-tpc/pdf/Arch/MIA34English.pdfGabriel Yanicki, https://www.historymuseum.ca/learn/research/Justin Hoenke Podcast, “Weezer (and one more thing,” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weezer-and-one-more-thing/id1680408602

Ken just got back from the 88th annual Society for American Archaeology meeting in Portland, Oregon. Gabe and Ken talk about conferences in general, and describe SAA meetings. Ken gives a brief rundown of the paper he presented this year. For a special treat we also have a series of mini-interviews from some of our colleagues who were at the SAA (beginning at about 51 minutes in).Show notes:SAA Annual Meeting: https://www.saa.org/annual-meetingSAA Meeting Safety: https://www.saa.org/annual-meeting/meeting-policies/Meeting-Safety-PolicyBranden Rizzuto: https://www.anthropology.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/branden-rizzutoTiziana Gallo: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=0B7l1rwAAAAJ&hl=enTrevor Lamb: https://www.bu.edu/anthrop/profile/trevor-lamb/Patrick Jolicoeur: https://www.anthropology.utoronto.ca/people/directories/postdoctoral-fellows/patrick-jolicoeurChris Wolff: https://www.albany.edu/anthropology/faculty/christopher-wolffNortheast Anthropology: https://www.albany.edu/northeast_anthropology/

This week, Ken and Gabe discuss the Late Maritime Archaic (ca. 5500-3500 years ago). Please note that we discuss burials in this episode. We update perceptions of the “Red Paint People” and argue for cultural continuity across the Far Northeast and talk about sociocultural complexity among hunter-gatherers. Hit pieces“The Repatriation Project” https://www.propublica.org/series/the-repatriation-projectShow NotesBetts, M. W., Black, D. W., & Blair, S. E. 2012. Perspectivism, Mortuary Symbolism, and Human-Shark Relationships on the Maritime Peninsula. American Antiquity 77(4), 621-645. Bourque, Bruce. 2012. The Swordfish hunters : the history and ecology of an ancient American sea people. Bunker Hill, Piermont.Robinson, Brian S. 2003. Multiple Boundaries of the Moorehead Burial Tradition. Northeast Anthropology 66:15-27.Sanger, David. 1973. Cow Point: an Archaic Cemetery in New Brunswick. Mercury series, vol. 12. National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.Sanger, David. 2000. “Red Paint People” and Other Myths of Maine Archaeology. Maine History Journal 39(3):144-167.NOVA/PBS Documentary: https://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_542530521B0D4DD59A20FD289444AFFE