The Podcast from the Centre of the Earth: Deep Testing with Brian Fritz and Chelsea Colwell-Pasch

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) https://www.saa.org/common/Uploaded%20files/saadocs/CareerPractice/SAA%20Statements%20and%20Guidelines/saa-gtf-statement-on-deep-testing-and-qualifications-for-geoarchaeologists-07mar25.pdf

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