The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast

This fortnight we’re traveling back in time to our spring(!) recording with Karen Mack of the University of Maine and Crow Curation. We're talking ceramic technology on the Maritime Peninsula and, in particular, at the Rumford Falls sites on the Androscoggin River in Maine. After a primer on regional ceramic manufacture, Karen tells us why we need to run more radiocarbon dates on pottery encrustations, discusses the importance of ceramic analysis in CRM, and describes some future research directions. Show NotesMack, Karen. 2023. The Rumford Falls Ceramic Assemblage and Maine Ceramic Period 2 (CP2) Pottery. Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin 63(2):1-42. Petersen, James B., and David Sanger. 1993. An Aboriginal Ceramic Sequence for Maine and the Maritime Provinces. In Prehistoric Archaeology in the Maritime Provinces: Past & Present Research, edited by Michael Deal, and Susan Blair, pp. 113-170. The Council of Maritime Premiers Maritime Committee on Archaeological Cooperation Reports in Archaeology, Vol. no. 8. The Council of Maritime Premiers Maritime Committee on Archaeological Cooperation, Fredericton.Hit PieceAndronowski-Brake, Jamie E. S., et al. “Labrador Beothuk: A Reconsideration of the Point Revenge Complex.” North American Archaeologist, Mar. 2026, https://doi.org/10.1177/01976931261431226.CreditsSponsors: 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're going deeper than we have--and maybe any of you have--before into geoarchaeology and the necessity for deep testing. Gabe and Ken chat with Dr. Heidi Luchsinger, RPA (Precision Geoarchaeology Inc/ERM) and Karl Kibler, RPA (Cross Timbers Geoarchaeological Services) about the Society for American Archaeology's Geoarchaeology Task Force. We talk about the importance of geoarchaeology as part of the CRM planning process, deep testing and why it should be better regulated and applied, and their work on the SAA's "Statement on Deep Testing for Terrestrial Sites and Professional Qualifications for Geoarchaeologists in Cultural Resource Management in the United States." These might be the deepest thoughts we've ever had on the NB Arch Pod, so grab your backhoes and augers. Un-till next time, listener.Show NotesSociety 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)Heidi Luchsinger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-luchsinger-geoarchaeology/Karl Kibler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-kibler-rpa-20b66214/SAA Geoarchaeology Interest GroupHit PiecesLelièvre, M., Martin, C., Corbett, M., Brooks, S. and Martin, H. (2025), “Like We're Meeting the Ancestors”: Toward an Lˈnucentric Archaeology in Miˈkmaˈki. Am. Anthropol.. https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.28104Hrynick MG, Anderson AW, DeWater K, Kochtitzky W, Spiess AE. Characterizing the Erosion of Coastal Archaeological Sites on the Maritime Peninsula Using Survey, Collection Analysis, Excavation, and Modeling. American Antiquity. Published online 2025:1-16. doi:10.1017/aaq.2025.25Credits: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, 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)

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 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, 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