I've never met a CP2 vessel I didn't like

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 Notes

Mack, 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 Piece

Andronowski-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.

Credits

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