iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

As it turns out, having a baby slows down any ability I've had to keep up with social media! (Whoops...) Celebrating his 4-month-and-vaccinated status by hauling the whole family to California with me for the SAAs, where I'm part of an exciting Geophysics session AND receiving an award!!! 😱 #SAA2026

130

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

ASOR @asor-research.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

ASOR is offering Tigris Travel Grants covering the cost of travel and accommodation for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Chicago. Scholars must be citizens of Iraq and have an accepted paper on the Annual Meeting Academic Program. Learn more here: www.asor.org/fellowships/...

131

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

ASOR @asor-research.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The ASOR Program Committee seeks 4 new members to serve a 3-year term (2026–2028) with possibility of a 2nd term. We are interested in applications from members whose research area(s) are complementary to or not represented by current members of the PC. The brief app. is due Dec. 5: buff.ly/B16v7ds

032

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Kate Grossman @kategrossman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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.

sciencedirect.com

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…

0154

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

New issue of American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 129, No. 4 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/aja/2025... @chicagojournals.bsky.social @petramcreamer.bsky.social @driesdaems.bsky.social @archaeological.org

044

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

ASOR @asor-research.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Summer is in full swing, but it’s not too early to think about your fall calendar. The Annual Meeting Program-at-a-Glance, as well as information about business meetings and special events, can be found on the 2025 ASOR Annual Meeting Schedules Page. Check it out here: buff.ly/nZBO4y4

buff.ly

011

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 19/05/2025

📰 Excavations at Nineveh, modern Iraq, uncover a relief depicting Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, surrounded by Mesopotamian deities 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via ‪@smithsonianmag.bsky.social‬ www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

smithsonianmag.com

Archaeologists Unearth an Ancient Relief Depicting an Assyrian King and Rare Deities

The artifact was found in Mosul, Iraq, buried in the ancient city of Nineveh

2229

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I wrote a piece for @sapiens-org.bsky.social! Teaching with unprovenanced artifacts is tricky at best, so I discuss how my experiences with the Carlos Museum and my work in Iraq meet somewhere in the middle.

192

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Back in the field and looking good! Stay tuned for updates on our 4th (wow!!) season at Qach Rresh, an Assyrian-Achaemenid admin site in Iraqi Kurdistan! 🏺 🪏 🤓

1110

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I'm glad I never knew about the nightmare that is Equipment Procurement Systems because I might've been scared off of being an archaeologist because of it 🫠 I was not built for this level of tracking down and filling out forms.

110

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Nihil Dev 🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦🇵🇸 @nihildev.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival. www.ourhealthroi.com

ourhealthroi.com

Our Health ROI

Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.

28420325

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

An absolute embarrassment for Ohio, but no surprises there. I had an amazing education at Ohio State and this will effectively gut that and so many other institutions.

040

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Kate Grossman @kategrossman.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Working on Syrian archaeology or cultural heritage? Submit an abstract for @asor-research.bsky.social's annual meeting in the Archaeology of Syria session! Abstracts due March 15. Papers can be virtual or in-person, and scholarships are available for registration fees. www.asor.org/am/2025/call...

asor.org

2025 CALL FOR PAPERS—ASOR Annual Meeting - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)

ASOR invites paper and workshop presentation proposals for the hybrid 2025 Annual Meeting, November 19-22. #ASOR25

074

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Tine Rassalle @tinerassalle.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

BlueSky, help me to spread the word! --> Abstract submissions are now open for the ASOR Panel on "Pop Culture and Near Eastern Archaeology" for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston (hybrid) - November 19-22, 2025! "The papers in this session represent a multidisciplinary discussion of approaches to

29561

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

If Donald Trump can override our elected officials’ control of the purse strings, we are effectively entering a period of taxation without representation.

7962171100

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Exciting results hitting the presses about the Neolithic in Oman!! @archbot44.bsky.social and @pi-hisoka.bsky.social run a pretty awesome project 😎🏺

080

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I'm here at Harvard! Giving a talk today on Assyrian control and our results from excavating at Qach Rresh. Pop in if you're in Cambridge! 🏺😁

1140

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Red wine, dog, and getting this dang (overdue) draft done. 🍷🖋️

190

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Andrew A.N. Deloucas @aandeloucas.com · 08/02/2025

We have an @asor-research.bsky.social session! "Towards a Working Ancient Economy: The Bronze Age" Link here: www.asor.org/am/2025/appr...

Towards a Working Ancient Economy: The Bronze Age

Session Chairs: Eric Aupperle, Harvard University; Andrew Deloucas, Harvard University; Declan Maloneys, Harvard University; Taha Yurttas, Harvard University

Description: The first history we have is arguably an economic one: a record rooted in the practical concerns of administration, resource allocation, and labor management. The need to control and quantify goods was a driving force not only for accounting technology, but for the development of institutions. Written and material records of the Bronze Age provide unparalleled clarity in documenting chains of production and distribution networks. As such, the study of Bronze Age economic history offers a window into a past that can encompass all strata of society.

This member-organized session invites papers on ancient economy based on written, material, and visual sources in any imaginable combination. This includes examinations of traditional sources of economic information (written accounts, sealing hierarchies, spatial analyses) as well as wider discussions of the social, legal, and political context of economy. The session embraces a wide geographic area, welcoming papers from Greater Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia and the Aegean, North Africa, the Caucasus, the Gulf, Central Asia, and beyond. Possible topics include trade networks, economic crises, labor history, debt, and civic institutions.

2161

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Well Meaning Robot 🤖 @well-meaning-robot.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue. TWENTY. As in, they call that getting slammed. So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind. TWENTY is a lot.

171131864082

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

A system to ensure equity of representation whereby certain peoples (based solely on geography) are given a larger, weighted share of consideration relative to their actual share of the population?? Seems like the new Executive Orders make this system illegal and discriminatory!

Text that reads “the electoral college is DEI for conservatives. I don’t know how else to explain this to you.”

0122

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This is a hell of a time to announce that we received a 3 yr NSF grant for further investigations at Qach Rresh, where we study how imperial admin and control affected daily life... and how ppl were able to survive (or not) after the Assyrian empire collapsed. We'll see if it comes through.

4111

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🚨New excavation results!🚨 🏺 Our first results from excavations at Qach Rresh in Iraqi Kurdistan are published! QR is a site founded in the rural core of the Assyria at the empire's height (c. 700 BCE). It was likely used for administering rural production. OA link: doi.org/10.1017/irq....

Figure showing magnetometry results from Qach Rresh, including the signatures of two large buildings with storage rooms and one with a courtyard.

46210

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 21/01/2025

Dr. Jones illustrating the most important and rewarding part of being an archaeologist.

343043601

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

🚨🏺🍑 Nature Ecology & Evolution (@natureecoevo.bsky.social) chose our work tracking the spread of peaches through Indigenous networks as one of ten ecology papers published in 2024 to be included in their Year in Review set! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Original: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.com

Indigenous networks map peach spread - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Nature Ecology & Evolution - Indigenous networks map peach spread

03812

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Was NOT expecting this when I moved down to Atlanta... The pup is delighted, though.❄️🐶

040

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The year 2024 saw an appalling act of cultural vandalism being enacted. In 2025, those responsible for such an affront to the city of Sheffield should pay the price for their insulting decision & resign. Please share & like the link. @sheffielducu.bsky.social ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/campaigns/st...

ucu.group.shef.ac.uk

The closure of Archaeology: an open wound for the University and the city

In 2021, the University announced the closure of the Department of Archaeology. Learn more about how this decision has damaged the University’s reputation, and impacted its staff and students.

13615

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy first day of the new year, brought to you by 3.5 Ramesses IIs.

1332

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

“Of the $54 billion or so in research that the federal government funds in U.S. higher education, $69 million goes to the humanities. That is, the humanities receive 0.13% of the federal total. For every thousand dollars the feds spend on research, the humanities receive a dollar and 30 cents.”

17026

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

wint @dril.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Thoguhts Of Life—Ive replaced evero screen in my goon cave w/ a diff. translation of the Epic Of Gilgamesh. My mind has become rather Honed

425864858

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Mark Grabowski @markgrabowski.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

571003536

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Lucas Proctor @archbot44.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas 🎄 from the HERDS Team in Oman 🇴🇲

071

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

In Oman! Troubleshooting drones and taking photos of camels 😍🏺

080

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Dr. Carly Maris @vintagehistorian.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I’d rather make students write on clay tablets than use AI to help me teach.

26215

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

When a part of your UAV camera rig breaks 24 hours before heading out to the field, you make an emergency trip to the 3D printer... #Fridaythe13th 🏺

090

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Testing out the new thermal camera for aerial thermography, so you can bet that the pup is the first subject. 🐶🌄

030

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Augusta McMahon @augustamcmahon.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Parthian hedgehog from Nippur. Top 10 Mesopotamian artifact list. 🏺

714833

Reposted by Dr. Petra Creamer

Dr Sue Oosthuizen @drsueoosthuizen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I just love the unobtrusiveness of #landscape #history, just waiting for us to take a longer, wondering look. Here, the dark, composted fills of #RomanoBritish ditches in light silty soils bound a long curving drove running from the photo's mid-left margin to the top RH corner ... 1/n

19717

Dr. Petra Creamer @petramcreamer.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Can't wait to be out in two weeks!! Everyone check this project out – SUCH a cool landscape! (Obligatory archaeology Bsky archaeology emoji 🏺)

090