Michael E. Smith
@MichaelESmith
Archaeologist, Arizona State Univ. Aztecs, Teotihuacan. Ancient & modern cities. Transdisciplinary, materialist, historical, occasionally musical. Kino the dog.
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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
God has been good to Tr*mp in giving him Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries as opposition leaders
Hakeem Jeffries says of Trump's cancelling their meeting: "It makes no sense."
When the closing music of Star TrekTNG comes on, Kino knows it’s time for his final outing of the evening.
Being on sabbatical means I can be home right now and not in a faculty meeting.
My Aztlander lecture is now on YouTube: Excavations at Aztec-period Houses and Terraces at Calixtlahuaca, Mexico youtu.be/ROBc5t2QZGo?si… via @YouTube @asuteolab
The founding document of iHOPE ("Intergrated history & future of people on earth") had a chapter on data quality, by Costanza. Without data quality measures, he said, we can't reach the goals of iHOPE. So, why do later iHOPE publications not cite this, or discuss data quality?
Methods for Case Studies This book has a set of chapters by a diverse group of scholars on how to prepare a rigorous case study. It is also Open Access: cambridge.org/core/books/cas…
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, V:I, Part III, on government, externalities and public goods
"it would deserve the most serious attention of government... to prevent a leprosy, or any other loathsome and offensive disease... from spreading itself... though, perhaps, no other public good might result from such attention, besides the prevention of so great a public evil"
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These west Mexican shaft tomb figures were used in ads for Kahlua.
These west Mexican shaft tomb figures were used in ads for Kahlua.
🪷 We are relieved to see that the original terracotta figure survived ... we thought it had been smashed to pieces at Mt. Rushmore in the climactic final scenes of #Hitchcock's "North By Northwest." Carried here (with microfilm inside) by James Mason with wary Martin Landau. 🪷
My new book: The Great Holocene Transformation: What Complexity Science Tells Us about the Evolution of Complex Societies api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy…
Published: The Great Holocene Transformation api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy…
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