Michael E. Smith

@MichaelESmith

Archaeologist, Arizona State Univ. Aztecs, Teotihuacan. Ancient & modern cities. Transdisciplinary, materialist, historical, occasionally musical. Kino the dog.

Tempe, AZ

Joined June 2011

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Sep 30

My book is now out in paperback! It is a comparative perspective on early cities, from a social-science perspective (population, economics, politics). I cover both top-down & bottom-up influences on urban life. 29 case studies, and many illustrations. bit.ly/40iU33d

MichaelESmith's tweet image. My book is now out in paperback! It is a comparative perspective on early cities, from a social-science perspective (population, economics, politics). I cover both top-down &amp; bottom-up influences on urban life. 29 case studies, and many illustrations. bit.ly/40iU33d

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jul 17

MAGA Doesn't Understand Anything About The Roman Empire (w/ Honor Cargill-Martin ... youtu.be/bJjm_VhG35E?si… via @YouTube

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jul 16

In this Aztec village, Capilco, all the houses looked like this, pretty much the same size. The very low Gini index (calculated from house size) shows the almost total lack of wealth inequality here.

MichaelESmith's tweet image. In this Aztec village, Capilco, all the houses looked like this, pretty much the same size. The very low Gini index (calculated from house size) shows the almost total lack of wealth inequality here.

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jul 13

Rich and poor at the Aztec-period city of Calixtlahuaca (State of Mexico). Left is one small part of the royal palace (excavated in the 1930s by José García Payón; right is an entire commoner house we excavated.

MichaelESmith's tweet image. Rich and poor at the Aztec-period city of Calixtlahuaca (State of Mexico). Left is one small part of the royal palace (excavated in the 1930s by José García Payón; right is an entire commoner house we excavated.

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jul 13

Why do archaeologists published in MDPI predatory journals like Heritage, Land and Sustainability? Can't they get papers accepted in real journals? Or are they naive about the dangers of predatory journals? I guess it helps me decide which new papers I can ignore.

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jul 8

Where the sidewalk ends

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jul 8

New research: Tradition trumps payoffs in maintaining social norms in some situations news.asu.edu/20250620-scien…

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jul 5

Kino wants to know what we do now.

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jul 4

Change "nature" to "the past", and Heisenberg's quote is a good description of archaeology and history.

PPhysics In History@PhysInHistory · May 5

We have to remember that what we observe is not nature herself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. - Werner Heisenberg

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jul 4

facebook.com/share/r/19UHiy…. Grandson Levi out fishing on the 4th. Trailer got a flat and the sheriff stopped to help.

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jul 1

#TongueOutTuesday

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Sam Haselby@samhaselby · Jun 30

This is it (share from @nataliesurely w/permission)

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Gerardo L. Munck@GerardoMunck · Jun 28

Leyendo a Tilly y Mann Para entender qué es una ciencia social histórica y qué tipo de conocimiento puede aportar, no hay nada como leer a Tilly y Mann. Si Barrington Moore abrió el camino, Tilly y Mann elevaron las ciencias sociales con orientación histórica a un nivel superior

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Michael E. Smith@MichaelESmith · Jun 27

Bizarre email, I wonder if its spam. Supposedly from @academia, saying "An AI created a podcast of your paper." But there are no links or other info. Weird. Also, its not one of my more important papers.

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