David Carballo
@dmcarballo.bsky.social
Archaeologist and Latin Americanist, Boston University.
Discussing our collaborative study of autocratic vs collective governance over deep time
Faculti@faculti.bsky.social · 6d agoDoes the evidence from 31 premodern polities across the globe overturn the assumption that collective governance was a Western invention? David M. Carballo, Boston University, discusses here: faculti.net/deep-time-go...
"When the baby had arrived on earth, then the midwife shouted; she gave war cries, which meant that the woman had fought a good battle, had become a brave warrior." (Florentine Codex 6). Happy Mother's Day!
A new comparative article on political organization in deep time out through Science Advances. And, yes, this map highlights that we are missing key regions and even continents, so DM me if you'd like to contribute cases in the future www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The distribution of power and inclusiveness across deep time
Democratic practice in the premodern world was not the exclusive domain of Greece and Rome.
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Friends!!! You know how obsessed I have become with Common Sense. Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever. I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Pamphlet That Has Roused Americans to Action for 250 Years
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Exciting advances in distinguishing #bird species in the archaeological record, including at #Teotihuacan
Maria C. Codlin@mcodlin.bsky.social · 10mo agoExcited to share our new study in @natcomms.nature.com. It reveals surprising protein variability in birds 🐦, reshaping how we use ancient proteins to reconstruct the past. Curious about the implications? Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eJi3h. With @beademarch.bsky.social
We can still push back against fascism: a song sung to the tune of the ABCs
Starting soon, New Discoveries/New Directions in the Archaeology of the Ancient Americas at @metmuseum with livestream here engage.metmuseum.org/events/educati…
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Orgulloso de la alcaldesa: “Esta es nuestra ciudad y defenderemos enérgicamente nuestras leyes”
EL PAÍS México@elpaismexico.bsky.social · 11mo ago🇺🇲 La Administración Trump demanda a la ciudad de Boston, como parte de su campaña nacional contra las políticas de las ciudades santuario, las cuales limitan la cooperación de las fuerzas locales con las autoridades federales de inmigración dozz.es/kfafq5
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
This is probably obvious, but things dictators like to do is fire people who tell truths they don't like and "disrupt" (as the kids say) norms of civil statutes. This is why the events of this week matter profoundly for the future of the country
Para los quienes andan por #Teotihuacan o quieren viajar desde #Tlaxcala. Este martes a las 7 presencial en el centro comunitario NECOC. Luego lo suben al YouTube de Teotihuacan en Casa
Probable Teotihuacan-Maya relations 750 miles apart and decades before the military "entrada" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World
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An enjoyable conversation with @Gastropodcast on the deep history of #Mexican food www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...
In the U.S., Archaeology Stares Down an Uncertain Future www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/s...
In the U.S., Archaeology Stares Down an Uncertain Future
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Seems like the right day to post this painting with #WhiteSmoke hanging in the National Museum of Mexican Art in #Chicago by Jesus Helguera (1940)
Nueva edición de #Arqueologia con artículos en homenaje a la carrera distinguida de Linda Manzanilla www.revistas.inah.gob.mx/index.php/ar...
revistas.inah.gob.mx
Una charla en vivo en Harvard y en modo virtual el 2 de abril Gordon Willey Lecture on April 2 in person and online peabody.harvard.edu/event/teotih...
Teotihuacan: Origins, Urbanism, and Daily Life | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
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The beautiful Amerind Foundation for a productive workshop on comparative governance in past societies. Looking forward to writing team publications, and returning here
If Republicans in Congress want to help make our country safe, I have some ideas for them.
At Teotihuacan, a major Mesoamerican city, we’ll be using our new database of avian proteins (doi.org/10.21203/rs....) to identify fragmented bones and eggshells and reconstruct the role of wild and domesticated birds in the subsistence strategies of the city’s residents. #paleoproteomics #MSCA
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
