My book is now out in paperback in the US! Just got my copy in the mail. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The daily post-dinner, pre-walk blues (sound on, 1/2)

Just heard some commotion on the front porch and caught this robin fledging. I think the parent brought a berry over to the nest and dropped it over the edge as enticement

Just heard some commotion on the front porch and caught this robin fledging. I think the parent brought a berry over to the nest and dropped it over the edge as enticement

@kategrossman.bsky.social is upping her garnish game. Check out the flair on this Autumn Negroni

Good day today. Went for another swim in the creek with my brother. Then my parents’ neighbor brought these over. My first time trying Westvleteren 8 and 12

Hanging out with my family in the North Carolina mountains, can’t resist a daily dip in Laurel Creek (with @kategrossman.bsky.social)

Nice to have some cooler weather so we can get back out on the new screened porch (with @kategrossman.bsky.social)

I've been rearranging the books in my office and it's the first time I've been struck by how many wonderful writers I've interacted with here (with some carried over from the Other Place). So here's a thank you to the authors I follow here whose books are on my shelves and have enriched my life. 1/

Went out to site (Makounta-Voules-Mersinoudia, Cyprus) yesterday for some evening photogrammetry and caught this lovely sunset

10 years of archaeological fieldwork with @kategrossman.bsky.social at the site of Makounta-Voules-Mersinoudia in western Cyprus. These views on the way home in the afternoon never get old

Finished up a quick trip to London with @kategrossman.bsky.social en route to Cyprus. Managed to squeeze in some more excellent cask ales at the Harp, the Southampton Arms, and the Queen’s Head, as well as a lovely swim at the Highgate Men’s Bathing Pond

Good day in London with cask ales at Ye Olde Mitre and the Bull and Last and an outstanding meal at St John’s Bread and Wine with @kategrossman.bsky.social … and several bookstores

Beers with the floofs and @kategrossman.bsky.social

Beautiful sunset over Lake Raleigh on my evening bike ride. I just missed two great blue herons flying in low over the water

New screened porch! If you’re looking for me, this is where I’ll be. With @kategrossman.bsky.social

Beautiful sunset over Lake Raleigh on my evening bike ride

It was great to meet you, San Francisco. You have some wonderful bookstores. Here’s my haul from Dog Eared Books, Et al. Books, William Stout Architectural Books, City Lights Booksellers (and the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting)

Congrats to @tatepaulette.bsky.social! Yesterday was a big day in the Paulette/Grossman household :)

Tate Paulette@tatepaulette.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Thanks 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

Thanks 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.

Dogs racked out after a sunny Sunday afternoon jaunt around the neighborhood

My book cover is now officially on the @uchicagopress.bsky.social website, coming out on October 20! Planning some cool events involving beer, fiddlers, and lantern light. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Prepping for a discussion of ruination, conservation, and transformation in today’s Material Culture course—pairing Caitlin DeSilvey’s Curated Decay with Ness by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @stanleydonwood.bsky.social (in Ghostways) and a musical version of Ness by Hayden Thorpe. Should be fun

Riding through the NC State campus under an almost full moon

No Kings, Raleigh, NC

Caught a beautiful sunset over Lake Raleigh on the NC State campus during my evening bike ride

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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None shall pass! Oh, okay, you can pass

Nice skies on my evening bike ride in Raleigh, NC