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Kate Grossman

@kategrossman.bsky.social

Archaeologist, zooarchaeologist, Middle East and eastern Mediterranean. Director of the Makounta-Voules Archaeological Project.

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Josephine Quinn@josephinequinn.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am VERY EXCITED to see the ad come out for post-doc positions associated with my Cambridge Lab for Ancient World Studies: please pass on to anyone who might be interested and works across ancient regions/languages/worlds... www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Research Associate (Fixed Term)

Applications are sought for three Research Associates to join the Cambridge Lab for Ancient World Studies (CLAWS), directed by Professor Josephine Quinn. Starting no later than 1 October 2027, you wil...

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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 3w ago

In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."

Artificial Intelligence Policy

Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]

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Kate Grossman@kategrossman.bsky.social · 4w ago

A new article out today: I argue that we haven't paid sufficient attention to animals' roles in urbanization and that humans might have learned some of the complicated social ordering that is necessary for urban life from their experiences herding sheep and goats. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Putting the Baa Back in Urbanism: Affordances, Herding, and the Social Zooarchaeology of Early Cities in Northern Mesopotamia | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core

Putting the Baa Back in Urbanism: Affordances, Herding, and the Social Zooarchaeology of Early Cities in Northern Mesopotamia

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Kate Grossman@kategrossman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I really appreciate the effort this data scientist expended in trying to make sense of the upcoming pyrotechnics in DC.

Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor@chadtopaz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Did you hear about the DC July 4 fireworks show? It promises 850,000 fireworks in 40 minutes. That's 354 per second. You'll miss up to 142 of them every time you blink. For your edutainment, I proudly present the nerdiest thing you will read about this dangerously absurd / absurdly dangerous event.

Kate Grossman@kategrossman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Counterpoint (though I hate to argue with Pratchett): sometimes it’s rather important to dig up things that might not want to be buried again

Micah@rincewind.run · 4mo ago

Discworld QOTD, from The Last Continent “Paleontology and archaeology and other skulduggery were not subjects that interested wizards. Things are buried for a reason, they considered. There’s no point in wondering what it was. Don’t go digging things up in case they won’t let you bury them again.”

SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️@skwinnicki.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together. I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

Image of Charles Darwin quotes, with the recipient of the letter and the date the letter was written. He said "I hate every wave of the ocean" to W.D. Fox on 15 February 1836, "Oh my God how I do hate species and varieties" to J.D. Hooker in 11 March 1858, "I am very tired, very stomachy, and hate nearly the whole world" to Thomas Huxley on 10 September 1860, "I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything" to Charles Lyell on 1 October 1861, "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" to John Lubbock on 3 September 1862, and "I am languid and bedeviled and hate writing and hate everybody" to J.D. Hooker on 23 June 1863.
SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️@skwinnicki.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Happy birthday, Chuck. Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it

Image of a bearded, bald, and morose Charles Darwin, with his famous quote “I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything”
The Delicious Legacy Podcast@deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Good morning with a brand spanking new episode! All you wanted to know about the first beer! An interview with @tatepaulette.bsky.social Author of "In The Land of Ninkasi - A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia" all about first beers! Enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Where Beer Began: Is the Mesopotamian Origin Story Correct & The Birth of Brewing

Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 12/24/2025 · 50m

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Kate Grossman@kategrossman.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My department is hiring an archaeology post-doc to create GIS databases of archeology, ethnography, historic structures, and cultural landscapes at Gettysburg, Valley Forge, and Richmond NPs. Good salary, 3 year position, cool project, working with great people. jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at NC State University is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in support of the project “Cultural landscapes climate change vulnerab...

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Kate Grossman@kategrossman.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Hot off the presses - new article on the faunal remains from Hamoukar! Big thanks to co-authors Max Price, Diana Fennimore, Salam Al Kuntar, and Clemens Reichel for helping get this out into the world.

Cities are different animals: A zooarchaeology of urbanism at Hamoukar, Syria, 5th–3rd millennia BC

The advent of urbanism marks a significant shift in human lifeways, and comparative study has shown that the world has seen many different forms of ur…

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