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Michael E. Smith is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on archaeology, urban studies, and related interdisciplinary fields combining anthropology, economics, and environmental studies.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a diverse range of topics within urban archaeology and the study of ancient settlements. Recent papers include:

  • Cities: Complexity, theory and history, 2020, published in PLoS ONE
  • The persistence of ancient settlements and urban sustainability, 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Definitions and Comparisons in Urban Archaeology, 2020, published in Journal of Urban Archaeology
  • Why archaeology's relevance to global challenges has not been recognised, 2021, published in Antiquity
  • The Low-Density Urban Systems of the Classic Period Maya and Izapa: Insights from Settlement Scaling Theory, 2020, published in Latin American Antiquity

Key frequent co-authors in their research include José Lobo, Frances F. Berdan, Scott G. Ortman, Angela C. Huster, and Abigail M. York.

Michael E. Smith has contributed to several publication venues multiple times. These venues include:

  • Journal of Urban Archaeology
  • Antiquity
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Open Archaeology
  • Journal of Anthropological Research

The scientist has published a book titled Everyday Life in the Aztec World in 2020 with Cambridge University Press.

Their work spans various subfields including Paleontology, Archaeology, Economics and Econometrics, Building and Construction, and Anthropology.

Main research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
  • Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
  • Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
  • Latin American history and culture
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

Best Publications

  • Form and Meaning in the Earliest Cities: A New Approach to Ancient Urban Planning

    Michael E. Smith

  • Household possessions and wealth in agrarian states: Implications for archaeology

    Michael E Smith

  • THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT STATE ECONOMIES

    Michael E. Smith

  • Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica

    Timothy A. Kohler;Timothy A. Kohler;Timothy A. Kohler;Michael E. Smith;Amy Bogaard;Amy Bogaard;Gary M. Feinman

  • The archaeological study of neighborhoods and districts in ancient cities

    Michael E. Smith

  • The Postclassic Mesoamerican World

    Michael Ernest Smith;Frances Berdan

  • Urban Open Spaces in Historical Perspective: A Transdisciplinary Typology and Analysis

    Benjamin W. Stanley;Barbara L. Stark;Katrina L. Johnston;Michael E. Smith

  • Sustainable agrarian urbanism: The low-density cities of the Mayas and Aztecs

    Christian Isendahl;Michael E. Smith

  • V. Gordon Childe and the Urban Revolution: a historical perspective on a revolution in urban studies

    Michael E Smith

  • Aztec city-state capitals

    Michael Ernest Smith;Marilyn A. Masson;John Wayne Janusek

  • The Earliest Cities

    Michael E Smith

  • Empirical Urban Theory for Archaeologists

    Michael E. Smith

  • Aztec Imperial Strategies

    Elizabeth M. Brumfiel;Frances F. Berdan;Richard Blanton;Elizabeth Hill Boone

  • THE AZTLAN MIGRATIONS OF THE NAHUATL CHRONICLES: MYTH OR HISTORY?

    Michael E. Smith

  • Sprawl, Squatters, and Sustainable Cities: Can Archaeological Data Shed Light on Modern Urban Issues?

    Michael E. Smith

  • The Archaeological Study of Empires and Imperialism in Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico

    Michael E Smith;Lisa M Montiel

  • City Size in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

    Michael E. Smith

  • The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies

    Michael Ernest Smith

  • Ten Thousand Years of Inequality: The Archaeology of Wealth Differences

    Timothy A. Kohler;Michael E. Smith

  • The Neighborhood as a Social and Spatial Unit in Mesoamerican Cities

    M. Charlotte Arnauld;Linda R. Manzanilla;Michael Ernest Smith

  • The Role of Social Stratification in the Aztec Empire: A View from the Provinces

    Michael E. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Luís M. A. Bettencourt
Luís M. A. Bettencourt University of Chicago
Gary M. Feinman
Gary M. Feinman Field Museum of Natural History
Amy Bogaard
Amy Bogaard University of Oxford
Timothy Earle
Timothy Earle Northwestern University
Richard Florida
Richard Florida University of Toronto
Xiangru Zhang
Xiangru Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Marina Alberti
Marina Alberti University of Washington
Charles L. Redman
Charles L. Redman Arizona State University
Arthur N. Popper
Arthur N. Popper University of Maryland, College Park
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University

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