Since the original battle didn’t end in a decisive victory for either side, we decided to settle the fate of the hive city with a game of chess.
Matt Peeples
@pattmeeples.bsky.social
Archaeologist and professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University. I mostly “skeet” (is that what we’re calling it?) about archaeology, baseball, stuff I cook, and the weather.
It’s 116 F in central Arizona today so they had to put a warning sign on Buc-ee so he wouldn’t burn anybody!
I feel like I know some folks who can relate to this. Evicted for too amy books? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/s...
Too Many Books? (Gift Article)
Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.
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Me sailing in from the sea: “Nice Bronze Age you got there…. Would be a shame if someone were to collapse it. “
New article out on the historical archaeological side of our field school project at S'edav Va'aki. This article has a social media connection as it was a anonymous user on the old bird app that helped us identify the "electric deodorizer scent cake" mentioned here rdcu.be/fub7c
The Neoliberal Afterlives of “The First Restricted Residential District for Colored People Ever Offered for Sale in America”: Mid- to Late-Twentieth Century Portland Tract within S’eḏav Va’aki Museum,...
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New pet peeve I didn’t know I had: When a reporter uses the phrase “for lack of a better term” in an article when there are clearly several better terms used throughout the rest of the article.
I think it’s important for every parent to teach their children financial responsibility, patience, and delayed gratification. I’ve decided to teach my son the traditional way.
My mom found this in my stuff at their house. Time to break out the calculator and the tiny pewter mechs! If you know you know.
So, this has become a daily thing on our Center for Archaeology and Society Teams page. Look at an object and guess where it came from in the world and the time period. It's like the Wordle for museum people: Anthropeum.com · Jun 18 2026 🟦🟩🟨🟩🟥🟦🟦🟨🟩🟦 69,845 · top 19% of players today!
My son is out of school this week and we’ve been working our way through the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings movies. My son’s review: “these movies started a bunch of great memes but I didn’t think they’d actually really good movies.”
Made Papoutsakia with eggplants, onions, tomatoes, parsley, and garlic all from the garden. Super tasty!
The team at the Center for Archaeology and Society at ASU has created a multi semester NAGPRA learning track to train students to be NAGPRA specialists. The details of the program were discussed in this Advances in Archaeological Practice article out now: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Guiding the Next Generation of NAGPRA Practitioners: Formalizing Undergraduate NAGPRA Education | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
Guiding the Next Generation of NAGPRA Practitioners: Formalizing Undergraduate NAGPRA Education
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Promoted to full! Woo hoo! Thanks so much to all of the people who have helped me get to this stage.
It makes me laugh that my parents drop off instructions for the dog at doggie daycare for a few days is more detailed than anything they ever sent when dropping me off at summer camp for a month. :)
We're hiring a collections inventory specialist to help with our museum program. Pass along to anyone who may be interested. asu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ASUSta...
Collections Inventory Specialist
Job Profile: Museum Assistant 2 Non-Exempt Job Family: Museum Services Time Type: Full time Max Pay – Depends on experience: $21.73 USD Hourly Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the pos...
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Got to see some old friends and childhood nightmares today at the Ray Harryhausen exhibit at the Mini Time Machine Museum in Tucson. Worth checking out if you’re in the area.
A comparative analysis of metropolitan identity through multi-franchise character typologies: cultural semiotics and spatial analysis. In this essay I will...
Congrats to Britt Davis on completing his dissertation defense today. His work focused on the dynamics of regional networks and local political strategies in the Belize River valley in the early and middle Preclassic period.
I saw a quail that looked like a muppet today… that is all
I found my next hobby. My son wanted some Rubik’s cubes and related things for Christmas which he is enjoying but somehow I’m now the one memorizing algorithms and learning how to avoid OLL/PLL parity and trying to improve my TPS.
The Barcelona Past Networks Summer School 2026 is now open for applications! The 4-day summer school takes place in Barcelona from 16 to 19 June 2026. You can find all details and apply here: https://www.pastnetworks.net/.
Beautiful red on buff jar by August Wood we got at the S’edav Va’aki Art Market happening today and tomorrow. There are so many great folks out there with beautiful work so check it out if you’re in Phoenix
Melissa grew some broccoli rabe and peppers plus pork shoulder was on sale which means I got to try to recreate the best sandwich I’ve ever had. Roast pork, sharp provolone, long hots, and broccoli rabe on a Noble bread hoagie roll. Any meal that takes 3 days to make has to be good.
I always have a bunch of meetings to schedule with perspective students exactly during the time when most people are ending DST (Arizona doesn't do it, except for the Navajo reservation). Further different countries start and end DST on different days. Causes a right mess. Leave your clocks alone!
I am exactly pockets get caught on my office door knob tall.