Ken Holyoke

Ken Holyoke is an Assistant Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Geography and Environment at University of Lethbridge and specializes in pre-Contact Wabanaki and hunter-gatherer archaeology, focusing primarily on lithic quarrying and sourcing, settlement and mobility patterning, and place-making on the Maritime Peninsula. Ken also has an extensive background in both private and public-sector CRM archaeology and research interests in heritage legislation, ethics, and the North American CRM industry.

Ken has conducted research in the Lower Wolastoq region in New Brunswick for over 10 years, mostly centred on the bedrock source for a type of tool-stone referred to as Washademoak Multi-coloured Chert. His most recent projects, The Carboniferous Chert Geoarchaeological Survey and The Bailey Artifacts: Exploring Wolastoqey History Through an Archival Collection have involved collaborative approaches working with Wabanaki communities, and a focus on communicating about archaeology to the public.

In addition to his appointment at University of Lethbridge, Ken is an Associate of the University of Toronto’s Archaeology Centre, the current Book Review Editor for the Canadian Journal of Archaeology, and chair of the Canadian Archaeological Association Advocacy Committee. He has published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Canadian Journal of Archaeology, and is a co-editor of The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact (Canadian Museum of History/University of Ottawa Press, 2022). He also hosts a podcast with Gabe Hrynick (UNB), The New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast.