Weaving its way through northern Maine, southern Quebec, and much of New Brunswick, the Saint John River (the Wolastoq, or Beautiful River) and its watershed are the homeland of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people. The lowlands and floodplains which lie along the broad, arcing reach of the Lower Wolastoq - a freshwater estuary that drains to the Bay of Fundy - are among the most fertile in the province. The productivity of these lands attracted groups for millennia, among them the ancestors of the Wolastoqiyik and their Wabanaki relations, dating back close to 13,000 years. In this talk Ken will introduce key terms and methods in archaeology, the pre-Contact history of New Brunswick, and his own research in the Lower Wolastoq, including what we know about the archaeology of Quesawednek (Keswick Ridge),