Michael E. Smith
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
| Location | Tempe, AZ, United States |
| Introduction | I am an archaeologist who has excavated Aztec provincial houses in Mexico to reconstruct the political economy of ancient life. I now work primarily on comparative and transdisciplinary approaches to ancient cities. Does research on early cities have anything to teach us about fundamental urban processes such as resilience, adaptation, and change? I'd like to know. I view my discipline, archaeology, as a Comparative Historical Social Science. |
| Interests | Archaeology, Aztecs, Teotihuacan, Mesoamerica, Urbanism, Ancient cities, Comparative social science, Open access, Scholarly publishing, Science, Music, Family Hhstory, Mexico |
| Favorite movies | Lord of the Rings, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Lawrence of Arabia, Singing in the Rain, Black Orpheus, Airheads (yes, Airheads) |
| Favorite music | 1930s jazz, Django Reinhart, Bob Wills, Duke Ellington, Bach keyboard music, Lyle Lovett, Grateful Dead, Bach solo violin music, Hot Tuna, Mexican music, Chopin, Victor Manuel/Ana Belen, Soft Machine, Captain Beefheart (ha ha, only kidding), Tavener, Bach any kind of music |
| Favorite books | Lord of the Rings, Killing Mr. Watson (the trilogy), the Alexandria Quartet. |