Dimitri Nakassis
@dimitrinakassis.bsky.social
Greek archaeologist, Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado Boulder; Michigan (BA 1997) & Texas (PhD 2006) grad
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Super interesting article on the archaeology jobs wiki and trends in archaeology job ads
Hire Ed: Job Market Dynamics for Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Archaeology | American Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Hire Ed: Job Market Dynamics for Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Archaeology
www.cambridge.org
December 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Super interesting article on the archaeology jobs wiki and trends in archaeology job ads
Elsevier's questionnaire about my (a peer reviewer's) ancestry is pretty strange. "Select all geographic areas from which your ancestors first originated"?
December 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Elsevier's questionnaire about my (a peer reviewer's) ancestry is pretty strange. "Select all geographic areas from which your ancestors first originated"?
"Much like the forlorn skull of the horse left in a ditch without context, these articles offer little more than what they are. And for that, I’ll continue to enjoy them." mediterraneanworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/m... @billcaraher.bsky.social
More on Corinth, Northeast of the Theater
Whenever Chris Pfaff and the Corinth Crowd publish one of their preliminary reports in Hesperia, it is a fucking event. These things are massive, baffling, intriguing, and much like an accident bet…
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December 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Much like the forlorn skull of the horse left in a ditch without context, these articles offer little more than what they are. And for that, I’ll continue to enjoy them." mediterraneanworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/m... @billcaraher.bsky.social
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I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 - 3 beds/3.5 baths
(SW Michigan MLS) For Sale: 3 beds, 3.5 baths ∙ 5000 sq. ft. ∙ 414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 ∙ $7,000,000 ∙ MLS# 25062388 ∙ This Downtown Ann Arbor penthouse stands among the finest residence...
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December 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
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An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
December 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
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The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
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ROM appoints Kate Cooper as first Nick Mirkopoulos Associate Curator of Ancient Greece & Rome | Royal Ontario Museum
www.rom.on.ca/news-release...
www.rom.on.ca/news-release...
ROM appoints Kate Cooper as first Nick Mirkopoulos Associate Curator of Ancient Greece & Rome
Kate Cooper nommée conservatrice associée Nick Mirkopoulos de la Grèce et la Rome antique au ROM
www.rom.on.ca
December 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
ROM appoints Kate Cooper as first Nick Mirkopoulos Associate Curator of Ancient Greece & Rome | Royal Ontario Museum
www.rom.on.ca/news-release...
www.rom.on.ca/news-release...
Check out the 2025 newsletter of my department (Classics at the University of Colorado): www.colorado.edu/classics/med...
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Check out the 2025 newsletter of my department (Classics at the University of Colorado): www.colorado.edu/classics/med...
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I have a Cyber Monday deal for you: a one-click download of 10 books (a so-called "Dakota Dozen").
No email, sign-up, sign-in, or other information required. Click. Download. Unzip. Read.
Free. #OpenAccess #CyberMonday #FreeBooks
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No email, sign-up, sign-in, or other information required. Click. Download. Unzip. Read.
Free. #OpenAccess #CyberMonday #FreeBooks
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Cyber Monday: One-Click Download from The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota
People say to me all the time: Bill, I just can’t be bothered to click download every time a new free book comes out from your press. This is an understandable concern. After all, clicking download…
mediterraneanworld.wordpress.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have a Cyber Monday deal for you: a one-click download of 10 books (a so-called "Dakota Dozen").
No email, sign-up, sign-in, or other information required. Click. Download. Unzip. Read.
Free. #OpenAccess #CyberMonday #FreeBooks
mediterraneanworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/c...
No email, sign-up, sign-in, or other information required. Click. Download. Unzip. Read.
Free. #OpenAccess #CyberMonday #FreeBooks
mediterraneanworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/c...
Delouse and Guitar
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Delouse and Guitar
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📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
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The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
Or you could, you know, talk to your friends
What do you do after you’re done jumping the shark?
Whatever it is, Nature Careers is all in.
Whatever it is, Nature Careers is all in.
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Or you could, you know, talk to your friends
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Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
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"There are only so many selfies, photos of my dog, and funny-shaped carpet stains I can share before I come off as a shallow, boring influencer. So, I decided to post an image in my dump of a book a roommate left behind—The Picture of Dorian Gray."
I Started Reading Performatively, and Turns Out Books Are Pretty Good
It all started when Instagram introduced the twenty-slide photo dumps. Trying to post the correct ratio of photos to memes to appear both off-the-g...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"There are only so many selfies, photos of my dog, and funny-shaped carpet stains I can share before I come off as a shallow, boring influencer. So, I decided to post an image in my dump of a book a roommate left behind—The Picture of Dorian Gray."
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Happy to see my book reviewed in @antiquity.ac.uk!
📕 #BookReview
What did prehistoric people think about their past? Can #archaeology reveal 'historical culture' in societies without written literature? @profbernard.bsky.social's 'Historical culture in Iron Age Italy' breaks new ground on these questions 1/2
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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What did prehistoric people think about their past? Can #archaeology reveal 'historical culture' in societies without written literature? @profbernard.bsky.social's 'Historical culture in Iron Age Italy' breaks new ground on these questions 1/2
(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Happy to see my book reviewed in @antiquity.ac.uk!
The Greek newspaper @kathimerini.gr ran a story about our ongoing XRF study of the Linear B tablets from Pylos: www.kathimerini.gr/culture/5638...
Ακτίνες Χ σε Γραμμική Β΄
Ακτινογραφώντας τα αρχαία, πήλινα «μέμο» της Πύλου.
www.kathimerini.gr
October 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The Greek newspaper @kathimerini.gr ran a story about our ongoing XRF study of the Linear B tablets from Pylos: www.kathimerini.gr/culture/5638...
I'm compiling some statistics about the proportion of articles about Aegean prehistory in major American journals (it's about 15-20%) and every so often, you get an issue that's all Aegean all the time (ajaonline.org/toc/1183/):
September 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm compiling some statistics about the proportion of articles about Aegean prehistory in major American journals (it's about 15-20%) and every so often, you get an issue that's all Aegean all the time (ajaonline.org/toc/1183/):
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So often I went from Berlin to #GöbekliTepe in the past 20 years or so - but finally the Tepe is coming to Berlin! 😉
🏺 www.trtworld.com/article/a7e6...
🏺 www.trtworld.com/article/a7e6...
TRT World - Türkiye’s Gobeklitepe to be showcased in Germany with a special exhibition in 2026
The Berlin exhibition highlights the country's global promotion of Göbeklitepe, with a major project on Museum Island and similar events planned abroad, the ministry says.
www.trtworld.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
So often I went from Berlin to #GöbekliTepe in the past 20 years or so - but finally the Tepe is coming to Berlin! 😉
🏺 www.trtworld.com/article/a7e6...
🏺 www.trtworld.com/article/a7e6...
Ralphie! @iotasubscript.bsky.social
Ralphie VII’s first run was a success. Let’s play football.
September 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Ralphie! @iotasubscript.bsky.social
Habemus Ralphie (no I'm not going to try to Latinize Ralphie): cubuffs.com/news/2025/9/...
Introducing Ralphie VII - University of Colorado Athletics
The best tradition in sports is back! Ralphie VII will make her debut on Saturday before the game against Wyoming.
cubuffs.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Habemus Ralphie (no I'm not going to try to Latinize Ralphie): cubuffs.com/news/2025/9/...
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If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
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📕 #BookReview
How has the rise of commercial ancestry testing affected ancient DNA studies? Can past lives become props in modern-day ethical and cultural debates? Explore all this and more in Matthew David Teasdale's review of 'The trouble with ancient DNA' by Anna Källén 1/2
How has the rise of commercial ancestry testing affected ancient DNA studies? Can past lives become props in modern-day ethical and cultural debates? Explore all this and more in Matthew David Teasdale's review of 'The trouble with ancient DNA' by Anna Källén 1/2
September 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📕 #BookReview
How has the rise of commercial ancestry testing affected ancient DNA studies? Can past lives become props in modern-day ethical and cultural debates? Explore all this and more in Matthew David Teasdale's review of 'The trouble with ancient DNA' by Anna Källén 1/2
How has the rise of commercial ancestry testing affected ancient DNA studies? Can past lives become props in modern-day ethical and cultural debates? Explore all this and more in Matthew David Teasdale's review of 'The trouble with ancient DNA' by Anna Källén 1/2
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Magnitude : 5.1
Region: *Aegean Sea*
Time: 2025-09-08 21:27:57 UTC
Epicenter : 24.09°E 38.20°N
Depth: 10 km
*First posted at: 21:30 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025rqkg/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
Region: *Aegean Sea*
Time: 2025-09-08 21:27:57 UTC
Epicenter : 24.09°E 38.20°N
Depth: 10 km
*First posted at: 21:30 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025rqkg/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
September 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Magnitude : 5.1
Region: *Aegean Sea*
Time: 2025-09-08 21:27:57 UTC
Epicenter : 24.09°E 38.20°N
Depth: 10 km
*First posted at: 21:30 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025rqkg/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
Region: *Aegean Sea*
Time: 2025-09-08 21:27:57 UTC
Epicenter : 24.09°E 38.20°N
Depth: 10 km
*First posted at: 21:30 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025rqkg/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude