Charissa Wilson
@charissawilson.bsky.social
Phd in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology | Iron Age ceramics & Tolkien enthusiast | 8th grade English teacher & beleaguered drama director
The fun part of the snow is over! Nashville’s freezing rain has already taken out quite a few trees in my apartment complex, and I keep hearing the trees snap and fall in the woods nearby. My car was missed by only a few feet from
a falling tree.
#freezingrain #nashvillesevereweather
a falling tree.
#freezingrain #nashvillesevereweather
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The fun part of the snow is over! Nashville’s freezing rain has already taken out quite a few trees in my apartment complex, and I keep hearing the trees snap and fall in the woods nearby. My car was missed by only a few feet from
a falling tree.
#freezingrain #nashvillesevereweather
a falling tree.
#freezingrain #nashvillesevereweather
We’ve done are best with the nice part of the storm, now we have freezing rain to contend with. Here’s a picture of Teddy completely unconcerned about any of it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:21 AM
We’ve done are best with the nice part of the storm, now we have freezing rain to contend with. Here’s a picture of Teddy completely unconcerned about any of it.
Middle Tennessee is either on the verge of a light snow or a snow apocalypse and you should get right with Jesus- each hour is a different version of the story.
January 23, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Middle Tennessee is either on the verge of a light snow or a snow apocalypse and you should get right with Jesus- each hour is a different version of the story.
Reposted by Charissa Wilson
May you “rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill“ — Círdan
December 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
May you “rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill“ — Círdan
Reposted by Charissa Wilson
With all these recent #TasTepeler news and finds this barely three weeks old interview with Necmi Karul almost seems a bit outdated - but still offers some really fascinating insight into this ongoing large-scale #Neolithic research project in Türkiye:
🏺 www.thecollector.com/karahantepe-...
🏺 www.thecollector.com/karahantepe-...
“The Earliest 3D Story”, Necmi Karul on Karahantepe's Latest Discoveries | TheCollector
An interview with Prof. Necmi Karul about Karahantepe’s Neolithic finds and the earliest three-dimensional storytelling scene.
www.thecollector.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
With all these recent #TasTepeler news and finds this barely three weeks old interview with Necmi Karul almost seems a bit outdated - but still offers some really fascinating insight into this ongoing large-scale #Neolithic research project in Türkiye:
🏺 www.thecollector.com/karahantepe-...
🏺 www.thecollector.com/karahantepe-...
While watching scenes from The Hobbit post-reading with my 8th graders, they had the following insights to share:
“Bilbo’s an Unc”
“How old is Gandalf anyway?”
“The dwarf is like a cave man”
“Do we know how tall Gandalf is?”
“Why don’t they meet the dragon in this movie?”
All good observations.
“Bilbo’s an Unc”
“How old is Gandalf anyway?”
“The dwarf is like a cave man”
“Do we know how tall Gandalf is?”
“Why don’t they meet the dragon in this movie?”
All good observations.
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
While watching scenes from The Hobbit post-reading with my 8th graders, they had the following insights to share:
“Bilbo’s an Unc”
“How old is Gandalf anyway?”
“The dwarf is like a cave man”
“Do we know how tall Gandalf is?”
“Why don’t they meet the dragon in this movie?”
All good observations.
“Bilbo’s an Unc”
“How old is Gandalf anyway?”
“The dwarf is like a cave man”
“Do we know how tall Gandalf is?”
“Why don’t they meet the dragon in this movie?”
All good observations.
A last hurrah for the excavators and scholars associated with the Tel Burna excavations! Proud to have spent a few seasons working with these excellent archaeologists. 🏺⛏️
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A last hurrah for the excavators and scholars associated with the Tel Burna excavations! Proud to have spent a few seasons working with these excellent archaeologists. 🏺⛏️
The sarcophagus cover of a 16th century knight from the Isabella Stuart Gardener collection for #sarcophagussaturday 🏺
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The sarcophagus cover of a 16th century knight from the Isabella Stuart Gardener collection for #sarcophagussaturday 🏺
Got the amazing experience of being visited by two humpback whale siblings and then also a third unknown whale today in the bay outside of Boston. Thanks to the Aquarium staff and crew for a fantastic trip! (They were also blown away by the appearance & playfulness of the whales) 🐋 #marine #whales
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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📰 Discovery of a 12,000-year-old Natufian figurine depicting a woman with a goose on her back 'unlike anything previously found in Southwest Asia'
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social
archaeologymag.com/2025/11/rare...
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social
archaeologymag.com/2025/11/rare...
Rare 12,000-year-old Natufian figurine of a woman and a goose offers a glimpse into prehistoric beliefs
A 12,000-year-old Natufian clay figurine from Israel reveals rare human–animal symbolism and early ritual traditions in the prehistoric Levant
archaeologymag.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📰 Discovery of a 12,000-year-old Natufian figurine depicting a woman with a goose on her back 'unlike anything previously found in Southwest Asia'
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social
archaeologymag.com/2025/11/rare...
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social
archaeologymag.com/2025/11/rare...
Back to Boston! Excited for all the great conference talk at #SBL2025 and seeing all the fellow archaeologists cleaned up in the off-season.
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Back to Boston! Excited for all the great conference talk at #SBL2025 and seeing all the fellow archaeologists cleaned up in the off-season.
Reposted by Charissa Wilson
📰 Potential discovery of a city in the Bronze Age Eurasian steppe, in contrast to the traditionally mobile sites that leave little archaeological evidence, is "just the beginning"
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @cnn.com
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @cnn.com
Archaeologists may have uncovered a Bronze Age metropolis in Kazakhstan’s steppe | CNN
Archaeologists studied Semiyarka, dubbed The City of Seven Ravines, a settlement from 1600 BC that may have been a powerhouse for metal production. Here’s what they found.
edition.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📰 Potential discovery of a city in the Bronze Age Eurasian steppe, in contrast to the traditionally mobile sites that leave little archaeological evidence, is "just the beginning"
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @cnn.com
🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @cnn.com
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‘Northern Aegean Found to Be Earliest Producer of Commercial Amphorae’
#archaeology 🏺
greekreporter.com/2025/10/15/n...
#archaeology 🏺
greekreporter.com/2025/10/15/n...
Northern Aegean Found to Be Earliest Producer of Commercial Amphorae - GreekReporter.com
New archaeological findings suggest that the Northern Aegean region was a major commercial power centuries earlier than previously thought.
greekreporter.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
‘Northern Aegean Found to Be Earliest Producer of Commercial Amphorae’
#archaeology 🏺
greekreporter.com/2025/10/15/n...
#archaeology 🏺
greekreporter.com/2025/10/15/n...
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Archaeologists have a responsibility to the communities they work with, and serious questions need to be asked about whether replacing research, writing, analysis and cultural heritage deliverables with AI-generated content fulfils that responsibility.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Archaeologists have a responsibility to the communities they work with, and serious questions need to be asked about whether replacing research, writing, analysis and cultural heritage deliverables with AI-generated content fulfils that responsibility.
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The debut album for our band, Rocks and Pots, will drop on Kathleen Kenyon’s birthday next year. While you wait for it, stay hydrated and keep your balk lines clean. 🏺🪨
October 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The debut album for our band, Rocks and Pots, will drop on Kathleen Kenyon’s birthday next year. While you wait for it, stay hydrated and keep your balk lines clean. 🏺🪨
Nobody:
Me in 30 years: Where were you when T. Swift announced her engagement?
Me in 30 years: Where were you when T. Swift announced her engagement?
August 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Nobody:
Me in 30 years: Where were you when T. Swift announced her engagement?
Me in 30 years: Where were you when T. Swift announced her engagement?
Once again making ceramic plates in Illustrator. 😭 I’m not enough of an artist for this side of archaeology!🏺
August 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Once again making ceramic plates in Illustrator. 😭 I’m not enough of an artist for this side of archaeology!🏺
I’m excited to have our little cast for Matilda, Jr. cast as of today! I love teaching these kids, and they have so much talent!
#savethearts #middleschool #theater
#savethearts #middleschool #theater
August 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’m excited to have our little cast for Matilda, Jr. cast as of today! I love teaching these kids, and they have so much talent!
#savethearts #middleschool #theater
#savethearts #middleschool #theater
Got to speak on the Middle Bronze Age at Tel Gezer yesterday, and that included the 10 standing stones on the “high place”.
Unfortunately, the last few times I’ve visited, one of the larger stones had been knocked over by local teens with no conservation work done as of yet to repair the damage. 🏺
Unfortunately, the last few times I’ve visited, one of the larger stones had been knocked over by local teens with no conservation work done as of yet to repair the damage. 🏺
August 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Got to speak on the Middle Bronze Age at Tel Gezer yesterday, and that included the 10 standing stones on the “high place”.
Unfortunately, the last few times I’ve visited, one of the larger stones had been knocked over by local teens with no conservation work done as of yet to repair the damage. 🏺
Unfortunately, the last few times I’ve visited, one of the larger stones had been knocked over by local teens with no conservation work done as of yet to repair the damage. 🏺
Lanier Center for Archaeology and the quest to redistribute two newly donated libraries within our study collection. Students are doing excellent work getting the study library ready for the fall semester.
I was barely any help.
📚🏺 #researchlibrary #archaeology
I was barely any help.
📚🏺 #researchlibrary #archaeology
July 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Lanier Center for Archaeology and the quest to redistribute two newly donated libraries within our study collection. Students are doing excellent work getting the study library ready for the fall semester.
I was barely any help.
📚🏺 #researchlibrary #archaeology
I was barely any help.
📚🏺 #researchlibrary #archaeology
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Apparently few Egyptologists were willing to speak on the record about this upcoming sale of an artefact from Howard Carter’s collection (which he almost certain removed from Tutankhamun’s tomb, illegally).
Maintaining a century of silence.
Time to do better.
📜🏺🗃️ #Egypt
Maintaining a century of silence.
Time to do better.
📜🏺🗃️ #Egypt
We know Howard Carter stole artifacts from Tut’s tomb. We’re sure this piece came the tomb. We don’t have the smoking gun of evidence of the theft of this exact piece. Does that mean we get to keep it? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/a...
July 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Apparently few Egyptologists were willing to speak on the record about this upcoming sale of an artefact from Howard Carter’s collection (which he almost certain removed from Tutankhamun’s tomb, illegally).
Maintaining a century of silence.
Time to do better.
📜🏺🗃️ #Egypt
Maintaining a century of silence.
Time to do better.
📜🏺🗃️ #Egypt
Visited the North Wind Manor this evening for a book talk and stood in front of the adorable fireplace from Tolkien’s Oxford house that’s been relocated there. So many feelings. I’ll be back.
#tolkien #rabbitroom #booksky
#tolkien #rabbitroom #booksky
July 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Visited the North Wind Manor this evening for a book talk and stood in front of the adorable fireplace from Tolkien’s Oxford house that’s been relocated there. So many feelings. I’ll be back.
#tolkien #rabbitroom #booksky
#tolkien #rabbitroom #booksky
Tiny pottery 😍 Visiting the Lanier Center study collection today
#neareasternarchaeology #ceramics #lateroman
#neareasternarchaeology #ceramics #lateroman
July 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Tiny pottery 😍 Visiting the Lanier Center study collection today
#neareasternarchaeology #ceramics #lateroman
#neareasternarchaeology #ceramics #lateroman
To make me feel better about the depression of reviewing the AI research article I’ve frivolously ordered Tolkien’s collected poems box set. My mood has already improved.
#tolkien #poetry #realsubcreating
#tolkien #poetry #realsubcreating
July 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
To make me feel better about the depression of reviewing the AI research article I’ve frivolously ordered Tolkien’s collected poems box set. My mood has already improved.
#tolkien #poetry #realsubcreating
#tolkien #poetry #realsubcreating