This fortnight, just like the September weather, a Canadian cold front is movin' in as we sit down to talk with Dr. Jonathan Fowler (St. Mary’s University) to talk about le Grand dérangement, and how historical archaeology is exploring Acadian deportation stories at Grand-Pré National Historic Site and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jonathan tells us about terrestrial geophysics, the irony in the source material for Longfellow's Evangeline, landscape archaeology, and uncovering a perspective on the past from the diaries of British officers and soldiers present at the time. The keen listener will also hear a little something new in the intro/outro compliments of Emanuel…

Show Notes:

• Fowler, Jonathan, and Earle Lockerby, eds. 2013. Diaries of the Acadian Deportations: Jeremiah Bancroft at Fort Beauséjour & Grand-Pré. Vol. 1. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press.
• ---, eds. 2025. Diaries of the Acadian Deportations: John Winslow at Grand-Pré. Vol. 2. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press.
• Fowler, Jonathan and Noël, Stéphane 2017 Poetry is Always Truer than History: The Curious Parentage of Acadian Archaeology, in Brooks, A. and Mehler, N. (eds.) The Country Where My Heart Is: Historical Archaeologies of Nationalism and National Identity. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, pp. 37-68.
• Robertson, Robbie. 1975. Acadian Driftwood. Northern Lights – Southern Cross. https://youtu.be/SycgViWySeE?si=K6x6kqH4HTKNOk6w
• Grand-Pré National Historic Site: https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/grandpre

Hit Pieces:

• SAPIENS anthropology magazine: https://www.sapiens.org/
• Dusseault, Marisa, Matthew Betts, Kristin M. Poduska, and Meghan Burchell. 2025. "Preliminary investigation of the local marine reservoir effect in Port Joli Harbour, Nova Scotia using archaeological M. arenaria shells." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 658: 112584. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112584 . https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003101822400573X
• Holly DH, Friesen TM. The Archaeology of Forgetting, the Dorset, and Arctic Antiquity. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Published online 2025:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774325100061

Credits:

Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn

Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke

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 link
• NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/science/archaeology-menomini-michigan.html?smid=url-share
• NPR Article: https://www.npr.org/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5423660/surprise-ancient-native-american-agriculture
• Science Podcast: https://www.science.org/content/podcast/farming-maize-ice-age-michigan-predicting-future-climate-cities-and-our-host-takes-quiz
• DeBoer, 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_Columbus

Credits:

Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn

Music Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces) and Shayne Dahl (Hakuna Errata)

Just when you thought Season 3 was over, we come roaring back with a BONUS ep. This fortnight, Gabe and Ken are shedding our love of time travel for timeliness by delving into the contemporary challenges for the North American archaeological industry. Your co-hosts are talking with Society for American Archaeology President Christopher Dore about the sector-wide challenges archaeologists are facing as it relates to CRM, regulation, and career prospects for students. Talk about streamlining! Stay tuned for Season 4 next fortnight on the NB Arch Pod!

Show Notes

• SAA Government Affairs: https://saa.org/government-affairs
  • Contact info: gov_affairs@saa.org
• Suggestions for Foreign Colleagues Traveling to the USA (June 2025): https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-governmentaffairs/tips_to_visiting_scholars.pdf?sfvrsn=f4ddab62_3
• Heritage Business International: https://heritagebusiness.org/

Credits:

Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn

Music Credits: Justin Hoenke (Title/Hit Pieces)