It's a Cult!...ure History Episode
From The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast by Gabe Hrynick and Ken Holyoke
March 5, 2026 · 1h 28m · Season 4 · Episode 13
About this episode
Matt Betts discusses the relevance of culture history in archaeology, challenging the notion of its decline.
This fortnight we’re joined by Matt Betts, who argues that reports of culture-history’s death may have been premature. So tonight we’ve got paradigms and epi-paradigms, systematics, evolutionary theory, and Matt even explains why archaeological theory is like a Chinese buffet. It’s like if your grad school culture history class was not only fun, but edgy. So come be theoretically subversive and tune in. Show Notes: Betts, Matthew W, and M Gabriel Hrynick. 2021. The Archaeology of the Atlantic Northeast. University of Toronto Press. Lyman, R. Lee, Michael J. O'Brien, and Robert C. Dunnell. 1997. The Rise and Fall of Culture History. Plenum Press Hit Piece Low, Kayla. 2026. Ceramics of the fisheries: an analysis of Breton coarse earthenwares in the North Atlantic from the 16th to the 19th centuries. MA Thesis, Department of Archaeology, Memorial University of Newfoundland https://memorial.scholaris.ca/items/e88a78ed-5c64-4927-b337-d31b8788b082 THE NB ARCH POD WILL BE LIVE IN CANMORE at the CAA ANNUAL MEETING! When: Thursday, May 7th, 7:00-9:00 PM Where: Grizzly Paw Pub, 622 8th Street https://share.google/36cC2wrjL8i2LdRKy RSVP…
People in this episode
Hosts: Gabe Hrynick, Ken Holyoke
Guest: Matt Betts
Topics covered
- culture history
- archaeological theory
- evolutionary theory
- systematics
- paradigms
- education
Keywords
- archaeology
- culture history
- theory
- paradigms
- education
- evolutionary theory
- systematics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Toronto Press, Plenum Press, Department of Archaeology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Places: Canmore
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