Archaeologist specializing in the Near East/SWANA regions! Asst Prof Emory, Director of RLIIM in Iraqi Kurdistan. Remote sensing, mortuary archaeology, and ancient empires. Writing a book on imperial impacts on landscape and community in Assyria (she/they)https://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.social/post/3mkiipilmp225As 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!!! 😱 #SAA202627 Apr 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:ipd45ygtokjfdbcxinvydaly/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiipilmp225https://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.social/post/3ltp4sznegk24💪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2025 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:ipd45ygtokjfdbcxinvydaly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltp4sznegk24https://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.social/post/3loqyiqnhck2aI 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2025 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:ipd45ygtokjfdbcxinvydaly/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqyiqnhck2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.social/post/3loaaiysdmc22Back 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! 🏺 🪏 🤓03 May 2025 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:ipd45ygtokjfdbcxinvydaly/app.bsky.feed.post/3loaaiysdmc22https://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.social/post/3lnnumey7fs2iI'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.25 Apr 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:ipd45ygtokjfdbcxinvydaly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnumey7fs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.social/post/3lllzj4wpms2eAn 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:ipd45ygtokjfdbcxinvydaly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllzj4wpms2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.social/post/3ljlimvj3x22yExciting results hitting the presses about the Neolithic in Oman!! @archbot44.bsky.social and @pi-hisoka.bsky.social run a pretty awesome project 😎🏺 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:ipd45ygtokjfdbcxinvydaly/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlimvj3x22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.social/post/3lj6gxswmxk2pI'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! 🏺😁27 Feb 2025 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:ipd45ygtokjfdbcxinvydaly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6gxswmxk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.social/post/3lhwze2riyk2eRed wine, dog, and getting this dang (overdue) draft done. 🍷🖋️12 Feb 2025 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:ipd45ygtokjfdbcxinvydaly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwze2riyk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/petramcreamer.bsky.social/post/3lhbmkfz5n226Nice!! Can't wait to read. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Feb 2025 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:ipd45ygtokjfdbcxinvydaly/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbmkfz5n226