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Matt Peeples

@pattmeeples.bsky.social
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Archaeologist and professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University. I mostly post about archaeology, baseball, stuff I cook, and the weather.

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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m doing an archaeology day event at my son’s school and decided to throw the kids a curveball at the “guess the purpose of this artifact” table. Who knows? Maybe they’ll have some good ideas.
3d printed Roman dodecahedron
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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!
Statue of beaver with a sign that reads “caution: statue may be hot to the touch”
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Sunday morning!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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.
Battletech Compendium
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Made Papoutsakia with eggplants, onions, tomatoes, parsley, and garlic all from the garden. Super tasty!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Promoted to full! Woo hoo! Thanks so much to all of the people who have helped me get to this stage.
Letter informing Matthew Peeples of promotion to full professor.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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. :)
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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.
Bubo the owl The KrackenThe children of the hydra’s teeth Talos
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Also, I thought of this one later
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A comparative analysis of metropolitan identity through multi-franchise character typologies: cultural semiotics and spatial analysis. In this essay I will...
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year!!! Here’s to a good 2026
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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
Red on buff ceramic jar by August Wood
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The original from DiNic’s in Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I’ve eaten this a lot but never made it myself until tonight. Lemongrass chicken on vermicelli noodles with fresh and pickled vegetables from our garden. From the garden: lemongrass, lettuce, carrots, daikon, cilantro, green onion, garlic, cucumber, and chile. Super funky and yummy with fish sauce.
Picture of dish described.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Super cool. My grandfather’s old International Harvester tractor that I learned to drive as a kid was looking rough but was given to a friend after he passed. They fixed it up and it’s now being used for local events. It’s named ‘Ol Cecil’ after my grandfather. Glad people can still enjoy it!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Best Halloween decorations in my area 2025
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Fried stuffed squash blossoms for dinner. Yum!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
More rain than all of 2024 in just 24 hours followed by one of the brightest rainbows I’ve ever seen
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
We got more rain in the last four hours than we have for the entire year before today.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This is the best one of these “honk if” stickers I’ve seen
Bumper sticker saying honk if you want me to flip you off because I forgotten the sticker is on my car
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I used this prompt in chatGPT to extract data from an archaeological report where I already had the data so that I could check accuracy. Much of the extracted information comes from paragraphs and not tables and it worked well. This will save me so much time even if I have to check things manually.
ChatGPT output showing tabular data extracted from free text in a report.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Finally!! The first big haboob in years and a real monsoon storm
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Its successor has a lot to live up to.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
It’s finally time to say goodbye to my faithful laser printer nicknamed Rocky IV (after Paulie’s robot). It served well for 23 years. It ran on parallel port but stood strong since Windows 2000 with a laptop dock as a USB converter. It can no longer print without jamming and it deserves a rest.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
August 24th, AD 79 in Lego form.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We 3D printed a display for some of my son's Lego minifigs. Turned out pretty cool!
Lego minifig
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Just got a cool Mesoamerican art themed Katamari Damacy sticker from Retro Nerd Studios. I bought a Metroid print from them years ago when they were in the gallery attached to the my old downtown Archaeology Southwest office in Tucson. I need more office art!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Got a chest freezer which is useful, but I’m more excited that we finally have a place that fits all our National Park Service magnets.
Chest freezer with a bunch of magnets from western National Parks
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Taste tested 8 kinds of cherries today. These were my top 4 with Bing coming in first.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Holy cow!!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Bald eagle enjoying a fish snack in a tree. Flew right over our heads.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The place where I’m staying has a Coneheads the movie cup from a Subway promotion from 1993. “consume mass quantities”
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Melissa grew some sugar rush peach peppers and we made a tasty hot sauce complete with a bottle label. Somewhere between a jalapeño and a habanero in spiciness so it can be used in lots of stuff.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Flash back to that time Melissa was really missing Turkish food so I made her a feast!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Nearly 4 years ago my son had a Godzilla themed birthday party and we just found a balloon from that party behind his bookcase and it still has a little air in it.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Fried green tomatoes with chimichurri ranch. Yum!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I’m a bit late to the game but I was watching Andor and laughed out loud when they had a Roman dodecahedron in the galactic antiquities gallery.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Summer flatbreads with fruit and veg from the garden. Yum!
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I did a couple of science panels at the Phoenix Fan Fusion this weekend. It was super fun and I got some really interesting questions from the attendees. I’ll definitely do this again. As a bonus I got to attend the con for free. My son absolutely loved it and is already asking to go next year.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Seeing some historic sites in Philadelphia
Sign at Jon’s in Philadelphia, home of Larry Fine from the three stooges
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
With apologies to my Philadelphia friends…. the roast pork with broccoli rabe is FAR superior to the cheesesteak. I think Philly venerated the wrong sandwich.
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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
After a few days of canning, freezing, and eating were done to ONLY about 20 pounds of fresh tomatoes left. We did finish or give away most of the zucchini though.
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