The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast

Most archaeological research in North America is cultural resource management, or CRM. This type of archaeology is conducted to protect archaeological sites from development, or mitigate the effects of that development on archaeological sites/resources. Your hosts are joined by Trevor Dow of Ecofor Consulting this fortnight to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of CRM.Show NotesEcofor: https://www.ecofor.ca/about/our-team/Altschul, J. H. and Klein, T. H. (2022) “Forecast for the US CRM Industry and Job Market, 2022–2031,” Advances in Archaeological Practice. Cambridge University Press, 10(4), pp. 355–370. doi: 10.1017/aap.2022.18.Turnbull, Christopher J. 1977. Of Backdirt and Bureaucracy: The Role of Government in Canadian Archaeology. In Symposium on New Perspectives in Canadian Archaeology, 2-23 October 1976, pp. 119-136. Ontario Museum, Toronto.Archeology work the latest roadblock to rebuild Lytton, B.C.: Mayor: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/archeology-work-the-latest-roadblock-to-rebuild-lytton-b-c-mayor/article_9ba6d3ba-d32c-5f22-9e6c-6b6b427a892d.html“Sisson mine arrowhead turns out to be 'just a pointy rock'”https://themanatee.net/sisson-mine-arrowhead-turns-out-to-be-just-a-pointy-rock/Finding a job in CRMhttps://www.shovelbums.org/https://twincairns.com/http://www.bajr.org/LinkedIn, SAA, CAA, AIA websites, your local archaeological society, local professional associationPolishing up that CV/Cover Letterhttps://theprofessorisin.com/2016/08/19/dr-karens-rules-of-the-academic-cv/https://theprofessorisin.com/category/academic-job-search/how-to-write-academic-job-cover-letters/Hit Pieces:Doda, Fashioning Acadians: https://www.mqup.ca/fashioning-acadians-products-9780228018926.phpSAA’s New NAGPRA fact sheet: https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/catf/final_nagpra_rule_fact_sheet-(1).pdf?sfvrsn=4b4bb62f_3Stop by the Harriet Irving Library 3rd Floor Research Commons and check out the mini-exhibit, "Writing New Brunswick Archaeology" https://lib.unb.ca/researchcommons

Well, dear listener, we’ve reached the end of another year. Thanks for joining us each fortnight or so to talk shop. We’re looking forward to talking to you more in 2024. Until then, happy holidays to you and yours.Show notes:Cardamom+Banana Vieux Carre: https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/cardamom-banana-vieux-carre/Campo Enoteca https://campoenoteca.com/Gado-Gado (Portland, OR) : https://www.gadogadopdx.com/The Sandy Hut Bar & Lounge (Portland, OR): https://www.instagram.com/sandyhutpdx/?hl=enMaven (Calgary, AB): https://www.mavenyyc.ca/Orchard (Calgary, AB): https://orchardyyc.com/Taverne Jos. Dion (Quebec, QC): https://www.facebook.com/tavernejosdionHit Pieces:Deal, Michael. 2023 Archaeology and the Indigenous Peoples of the Maritimes. Memorial University Press. https://memorialuniversitypress.ca/Books/A/Archaeology-and-the-Indigenous-Peoples-of-the-MaritimesSnyderman, Lucia, Alexis Mychajliw, and Arthur Spiess. 2023. “A Holocene Seabird Extinction in Maine: The Great Auk”. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 60 (2):119. https://doi.org/10.58782/flmnh.awfg4811

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

This podcast belongs in a museum! It's our first podcast crossover, as Gabe and Ken are welcomed on to the Screens of the Stone Age Podcast joining hosts Joshua Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett to review and discuss our second Indiana Jones Movie - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Is the movie good? Can you survive a nuclear blast in a refrigerator? Why Shia LeBoeuf? ?Ontologies? All questions you might get answered on this special edition of the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast.Show NotesFind Screens of the Stone Age here:https://pasc-scpa.ca/sotsaListen here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/screens-of-the-stone-age/id1572509989https://open.spotify.com/show/2z0xMFKx1JSSbVzkR7qgvahttps://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9wYXNjLXNjcGEuY2Evc290c2E_Zm9ybWF0PXJzcwAnd follow them here: Twitter: @SotSA_PodcastFacebook: @SotSAPodcastLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/Email: [email protected]

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/

[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

Welcome to the first special episode of the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast! This week we were joined by Dr. Bill Farley, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Southern Connecticut State University to discuss publishing in archaeology. We talk about why archaeologists publish, what the process of publishing involves, and offer some advice for students or early career folks looking to publish their research. Bill has published in a number of journals, and is the editor of Northeast Historical Archaeology. He also is active in using videogames to teach about archaeology, so check out his YouTube channel @archaeologytube, or find him on twitter @ArchaeologyGame.Time Stamps6:08 Why publish? 9:55 What is peer-review? 19:10 What is a good source? 29:36 - Conferences 34:19 The publication lifecycle 41:04 What makes a good peer-reviewer? 49:55 Grey literature 56:25 Choosing where to publish 67:00 Follow the red thread 75:11 What is an author? 84:57 Collaborate! 94:43 Ethics in publishingBill’s Faculty Page at SCSU: https://www.southernct.edu/directory/farleyw1Bill’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07CjzGSWgY5lAdWZd_AmbwSome papers we discussed:Fable, John M., William A. Farley, and M. Gabriel Hrynick. 2016. Mean Ceramic Dating and Historic Period Occupation at the Devil's Head Site, Calais, Maine. Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin 56(1):1-15. Farley, William A., Amy N. Fox, and M. Gabriel Hrynick. 2019. A Quantitative Dwelling-Scale Approach to the Social Implications of Maize Horticulture in New England. American Antiquity 84(2):274-291. Holyoke, Kenneth R., Susan E. Blair, and Cliff S. J. Shaw. 2020. Aesthetics or function in heat-treating? The influence of colour preference in lithic preparation on the Maritime Peninsula, Eastern Canada. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 60.

In this episode, Ken and Gabe talk about the period between about 9500 and 5000 years ago, and the hiatus that wasn’t. Like the Archaic, we try to go deep on this program, but unlike the Early Archaic, we try to be high visibility. If you enjoy the show, we’d love if you told a friend about it. And don’t touch that dial: we’ve got some special programming as well as our usual fortnightly programming headed your way. We’ve mentioned this excellent Pauketat and Sassaman volume a couple of times now–it’s well worth checking out: https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/the-archaeology-of-ancient-north-america/A522C499E93F7CE6C9C1BA9574575E10#overview Petersen, James B, and David E Putnam. 1992. Early Holocene occupation in the central Gulf of Maine region. In Early Holocene Occupation in Northern New England, Vol 9, edited by Brian S. Robinson, James B. Petersen, and Ann K. Robinson, pp. 13-61, Vol. Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology. The Archaeological Conservancy’s Video on the Sharrow site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMCiGKHhA98 Tuck, James A, and Robert J McGhee. 1976. An Archaic Indian burial mound in Labrador. Scientific American 235(5):122-131. Lake Utopia Archaic, a success in avocational archaeology: https://www.studyincanada.com/News/ArticleProfile.aspx?SectionID=13&ID=458 The resultant thesis:Suttie, B.. 2006. Archaic Period Archaeological Research in the Interior of New Brunswick. Master's, Anthropology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. Black, David W. 1997. A Native Artifact from the Ocean Floor Near Indian Island. Fieldnotes: The Journal of the New Brunswick Archaeological Society 3(2):5-7. Keenlyside, D. L. (1983). In Search of the Island's First People. Island Magazine, 13, 3-7. Keenlyside, D. L. (1984). "Ulus" and Spearpoints: Two New Archaeological Finds from Prince Edward Island. Island Magazine, 16, 25-27. Sanger, David. 1996. Gilman Falls Site Implications for the Early and Middle Archaic of the Maritime Peninsula. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 20:7-28. Hit Pieces:Chris Wolff’s chapter in “More than Shelter from the Storm”: https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813069371 Bill C-23 https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-23 Ortman, Scott G., and Jeffrey H. Altschul. 2023. What North American Archaeology Needs to Take Advantage of the Digital Data Revolution. Advances in Archaeological Practice 11(1):90-103.

In this episode, Gabe and Ken talk about the first archaeologically known people in New Brunswick: the Palaeoindians. We begin with a continental approach to the big three temporal divisions–Clovis, Folsom, and Plano–then narrow our discussion down the New England-Maritimes Region. We wrap with a discussion of Palaeoindian archaeology in New Brunswick. See you in a couple weeks for the start of the Archaic period. Follow us on Instagram!Show Notes Julien, 2008, p. 3, Mi’kmaw terms for archaeological time periods Crassard et al. (2020) “Fluted-point technology in Neolithic Arabia: An independent invention far from the Americas” https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236314Bradley, James W. et al. 2008. What's The Point?: Modal Forms and Attributes of Paleoindian Bifaces in the New England-Maritimes Region. AENA 36:119-172. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40914526MacDonald, George F. 1968. Debert: a Palaeo-Indian site in central Nova Scotia. National Museum of Canada Anthropology Papers, No. 16. Queen's Printer, Ottawa.Robinson, Brian S. 2011. Bull Brook and Debert: The Original Large Paleoindian Site in Northeast North America. In Ta’n Wetapeksi’k: Understanding from Where We Come, edited by Tim Bernard, Leah M. Rosenmeier, and Sharon Farell, pp. 133-143. Eastern Woodland Publishing, Truro.“The Last Billion Years” https://nimbus.ca/store/the-last-billion-years.htmlTanner, Adrian. 1979. Bringing home animals : religious ideology and mode of production of the Mistassini Cree hunters. St. Martin's Press, New York.“Cree Hunters of Mistassini” https://www.nfb.ca/film/cree_hunters/ Maryland Fluted Point Survey New York Paleoindian Database ProjectPaleoindian Database of the AmericasHistory of the Chicken TenderHit Pieces:Maine Archaeological Society: https://mainearchsociety.org/Canadian Archaeological Association: https://canadianarchaeology.com/MusicShayne DahlJustin Hoenke: https://tinyurl.com/mu7v7unwSponsorAPANB (www.apanb.ca)

In Ep2 of the NB Archaeology Podcast, Ken and Gabe discuss the history of archaeological research in New Brunswick, beginning with Pagan and Wright’s 1797 survey of St. Croix Island and extending to contemporary legislation. In two weeks we’ll talk about the Palaeoindian period. Talk to you then. In the meantime, we’d love if you subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.Show notes:Matthew, 1884, Discoveries at a Village of the Stone Age at Bocabec: tinyurl.com/2p96smjpHrynick & Black, Bocabec Archaeological Site: tinyurl.com/2r6v77w4Matthew on Washademoak chert: G.F. Matthew, 1900, “A quarry and workshop of the Stone Age in New Brunswick. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada” Vol. 6 Pages 61-69.Trigger, History of Archaeological Thought: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-of-archaeological-thought/E278A8C631322BAC5B5E21C88E3CEBFBWilley & Sabloff, A History of American Archaeology, 3rd edition. W. H. Freeman and Co., New York, 1993USA’s National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 https://ncshpo.org/resources/national-historic-preservation-act-of-1966/Turnbull, Christopher J. 1977 Of Backdirt and Bureaucracy: The Role of Government in Canadian Archaeology. In Symposium on New Perspectives in Canadian Archaeology, 2-23 October 1976, pp. 119-136. Ontario Museum, Toronto.Blair, Jemseg Archaeology Project: https://tinyurl.com/mrybz424Hit pieces:New volume of the Handbook of North American Indians https://scholarlypress.si.edu/store/history-culture/handbook-north-american-indians-volume-1-introduct/Leslie,David E., Zachary L.F. Singer, G. Logan Miller, Katharine R.Reinhart, and Brian D. Jones. 2022. Gulf of Maine Archaic TraditionsOccupations at the Edgewood Apartments Site, Plainville, Massachusetts. AENA50:1-30.Music:Justin Hoenke: https://tinyurl.com/mu7v7unwShayne DahlSponsor:Association of Professional Archaeologists of New Brunswick: apanb.ca

In this episode of the NB Archaeology Podcast, Gabe and Ken introduce themselves, their research, New Brunswick in regional archaeological context, and talk a little bit about Palaeoindians (pre-Clovis and Clovis-like), red chert, housefloors, big themes in New Brunswick archaeology, and this week's Hit Pieces.Show Notes:Recommended introduction music:“Canada Vignettes: Log Driver’s Waltz” at NFB https://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz/“Diggin’ a Hole” by Big Sugar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U6aNnMqmgcGabe’s faculty page at the University of New Brunswick: https://www.unb.ca/faculty-staff/directory/arts-fr-anthropology/hrynick-gabriel.htmlKen’s faculty page at the University of Lethbridge: https://kenholyoke.academia.edu/Archaeology of the Atlantic Northeast, by Matt Betts and Gabe (U of T Press 2021).The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact, edited by Gabe and Ken (Canadian Museum of History/University of Ottawa Press, 2022).Holyoke, Blair, and Shaw’s (2020) paper on heat treating and colour: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101229Brian Robinson on pre-Clovis: Robinson, Brian S. 2012. Culture History, Clovis First and Contributions of The Review of Archaeology. The Review of Archaeology 30:1-12.“Grand Challenges”/Big Questions in archaeology:Kintigh et al. (2014): https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1324000111CRM job forecast for the United States: Altschul and Klein (2022): doi:10.1017/aap.2022.18This Ep’s Hit Pieces:Kelly et al. (2023) Expanding omnidirectional geospatial modeling for archaeology: A case study of dispersal in a “New England” colonial frontier (ca. 1600–1750). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105710Davis et al. (2022) Dating of a large tool assemblage at the Cooper’s Ferry site (Idaho, USA), to 15,785 cal yr B.P. extends the age of stemmed points in the Americas. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade1248Kitchel (2022) Color as a Key Characteristic in the Terminal Pleistocene Fluted-Point-Period Lithic Economy in Northeastern North America. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4227691Thanks to K. Sock and R. Nicholas for Mi'kmaq and Wolastoqiyik translation of the title.