Kate Grossman
@kategrossman.bsky.social
Archaeologist, zooarchaeologist, Middle East and eastern Mediterranean. Director of the Makounta-Voules Archaeological Project.
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 · last mo.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.
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 · 3mo agoDiscworld 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.”
"If you’re an adjunct or non-tenure-track, go ahead and finish off the bottle." ...in this economy?
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 3mo ago"If you are female, drink one shot immediately. Underrepresented minority: one shot. Both: three shots, because intersectionality. Each shot will help you lower your expectations for fairness before you read through the comments." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/rev...
Glad to know that fat tailed sheep are so widely admired
For Thousands of Years, People Have Been Obsessed With Fat-Tailed Sheep
Writers and artists found them entrancing.
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Congrats to @tatepaulette.bsky.social! Yesterday was a big day in the Paulette/Grossman household :)
Tate Paulette@tatepaulette.bsky.social · 3mo agoThanks to the NC State College of Humanities and Social Sciences for awarding me the 2026 Outstanding Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Award. Sad to miss yesterday’s award ceremony, but @kategrossman.bsky.social and I are celebrating it (and her tenure news!) in San Francisco
I tenure at NC State today! I am so thankful to all the colleagues who supported me along the way.
Everyone’s dunking on this article for the headline, but it’s hilarious (intentionally so) and some great writing and reporting. Give it a read.
No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In
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Thanks to Lauren Dogaer for inviting me to chat about beer in ancient Mesopotamia on her new podcast Drunk on History
Beer in Bronze Age Mesopotamia
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MidEast/Eastern Med Landscape Archaeology job at Southampton with great colleagues
Georgia Andreou@gmandreou.bsky.social · 5mo ago🚨 New job alert! We are recruiting a Research Fellow in Landscape Archaeology (Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East) at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social funded by the @leverhulme.ac.uk. Details and application: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQU914/r...
Our usual Sunday-morning walk to the local bakery, Boulted Bread. Waiting for @kategrossman.bsky.social to emerge with the goods
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.
SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️@skwinnicki.bsky.social · 6mo agoHappy birthday, Chuck. Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
More than 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals spent centuries collecting animal skulls in a cave; but archaeologists aren't sure why www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
More than 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals spent centuries collecting animal skulls in a cave; but archaeologists aren't sure why
Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.
livescience.com
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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Not sure if any single part of academia felt more like a weird cheat code than Interlibrary Loan. Like, I just say a book I want, basically any book, and this crack team of experts just *get it*????
Congrats to Tate on the second award for his book this year!
Tate Paulette@tatepaulette.bsky.social · 8mo agoThanks to @archaeological.org for selecting my book for the 2026 Felicia A. Holton Book Award. And congrats to all the other award winners, including @mokersel.bsky.social, Meredith Chesson, and @chadhill.bsky.social for their Follow the Pots Project!
Another new Hamoukar publication! This time, on my excavation of Early Bronze levels at the site.
THE STRATIGRAPHY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AT HAMOUKAR DURING THE EARLY BRONZE AGE: RESULTS FROM THE 2008–2010 SEASONS | IRAQ | Cambridge Core
THE STRATIGRAPHY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AT HAMOUKAR DURING THE EARLY BRONZE AGE: RESULTS FROM THE 2008–2010 SEASONS
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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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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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Renowned cryptologist Robert Langdon waited by his phone. Surely, the French authorities would call him, a renowned cryptologist, to solve this mystery he thought in italics.
Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
bbc.co.uk
📕#BookReview Hannah Chazin's 'Live stock and dead things' reconsiders the idea that domestic herd animals were passive economic resources in the past, investigating how living and working with animals shaped society, economy, ritual and politics 1/2 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology
I feel like they’re trying to tell me something … something about … breakfast?
This is why I love studying cities. Dense urban living requires that you think about the needs of others. The materiality of that concern is baked in to urbanism.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 12mo agoBodega ramps are all over New York City. The humble, concrete blobs ease entry into delis and other stores — and affirm the civic compact. nyti.ms/3UnFivI
Sunday evening walkies with @kategrossman.bsky.social and the floofs at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve in Cary, NC