About this episode

This episode features interviews with Brian Fritz and Chelsea Colwell-Pasch discussing deep archaeological testing techniques and their applications in eastern North America.

In this special two-interview episode, we are joined by Brian Fritz (Quemahoning LLC) and Chelsea Colwell-Pasch (Colbr Consulting) for back-to-back interviews about techniques they are using for deep archaeological testing in eastern North America. They each discuss the equipment they’ve designed to conduct deep testing in the region, what sort of projects deep testing is valuable for, and some of their success stories. We also have a very special live hit piece with Michelle Bebber and Chris Wolff about their new edited volume, “From Hard Rock to Heavy Metal: Metal Tool Production and Use by Indigenous Hunter-Gatherers of North America”. Show Notes Quemahoning https://www.quemahoning.com/ Colbr https://colbr.ca/ ArchaeologyX https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMifBopbH05ySFOBLr3df1w Hit Pieces: From Hard Rock to Heavy Metal: https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/BebberFrom Society 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)…

People in this episode

Hosts: Gabe Hrynick, Ken Holyoke

Guests: Brian Fritz, Chelsea Colwell-Pasch

Topics covered

• archaeological testing
• deep testing techniques
• Indigenous tools
• geoarchaeology
• North American archaeology

Keywords

• deep testing
• archaeology
• Indigenous hunter-gatherers
• geoarchaeology
• metal tool production

Sponsors

APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Quemahoning LLC, Colbr Consulting, Society for American Archaeology

Books & works: From Hard Rock to Heavy Metal: Metal Tool Production and Use by Indigenous Hunter-Gatherers of North America

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