Gabriel Hrynick

Gabe Hrynick is an archaeologist specializing in the study of coastal hunter-gatherers, especially their domestic and ritual structures and spaces, and their adaptations to changing coastal environments. His research has considered time periods from almost 13,000 years ago through the 17th Century. He also is active in public archaeology and experiential education in archaeology.

As director of the Northeastern Archaeological Survey, he has led almost a decade of multi-disciplinary field research in the coastal Northeast. In addition to his appointment at UNB, he is an External Associate at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. He is a National Geographic Explorer, an elected fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and a Fellow International of the Explorers Club. He received a UNB Merit Award in 2022 and has twice been awarded a public communication award by the Canadian Archaeological Association.

Dr. Hrynick is the co-author of The Archaeology of the Atlantic Northeast (University of Toronto Press, 2021) and the Bibliography of New Brunswick Archaeology: Works to 2022, and co-editor of The Far Northeast: 3,000 BP to Contact (Canadian Museum of History/University of Ottawa Press, 2022). He co-hosts a fortnightly podcast, the New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast.