What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Archaeology, Urbanism, Economy, Politics and Agrarian society are his primary areas of study.
Michael E. Smith conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Archaeology and Capital city through his works.
His work deals with themes such as Typology, Urban density, Town planning, Urban planning and Reception theory, which intersect with Urbanism.
His Economy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Classical period, Human settlement, Scale, State and Commercialization.
His research in Politics intersects with topics in Empire, Context, Archaeological research and Power.
Michael E. Smith has included themes like Household goods and Household archaeology in his Agrarian society study.
His most cited work include:
- Form and Meaning in the Earliest Cities: A New Approach to Ancient Urban Planning (177 citations)
- Household possessions and wealth in agrarian states: Implications for archaeology (156 citations)
- The archaeological study of neighborhoods and districts in ancient cities (121 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Michael E. Smith focuses on Archaeology, Ancient history, Urbanism, Mesoamerica and Anthropology.
His research integrates issues of Settlement and Politics in his study of Archaeology.
His research ties Economy and Politics together.
Michael E. Smith studies Empire, a branch of Ancient history.
He has researched Mesoamerica in several fields, including Archaeological research and Maya.
His study on Human settlement is mostly dedicated to connecting different topics, such as Agrarian society.
He most often published in these fields:
- Archaeology (32.09%)
- Ancient history (14.88%)
- Urbanism (13.49%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Economic geography (9.30%)
- Archaeology (32.09%)
- Settlement (8.37%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Economic geography, Archaeology, Settlement, Urbanization and Mesoamerica are his primary areas of study.
His research investigates the connection with Economic geography and areas like Economies of agglomeration which intersect with concerns in Structuring, Built environment, Power and Politics.
His Archaeology research includes themes of Settlement, Sample and City size.
Michael E. Smith works mostly in the field of Settlement, limiting it down to concerns involving Human settlement and, occasionally, Field, Population size and Urbanism.
His Urbanism research incorporates elements of Planned economy and Economy.
His Mesoamerica research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Standard of living and Maya.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica (67 citations)
- Ten Thousand Years of Inequality: The Archaeology of Wealth Differences (17 citations)
- Urban Science: Integrated Theory from the First Cities to Sustainable Metropolises (15 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Michael E. Smith mostly deals with Urbanization, Archaeology, Settlement, Multidisciplinary approach and Mesoamerica.
His Urbanization research includes elements of Scholarship, Integrated information theory and Sustainable development.
Michael E. Smith interconnects Social science, Sample and Scientific technique in the investigation of issues within Archaeology.
The concepts of his Settlement study are interwoven with issues in Underpinning, Human settlement and Economic geography.
His Multidisciplinary approach research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Regional science, Engineering ethics, State and Discipline.
The various areas that Michael E. Smith examines in his Mesoamerica study include Urban design, Urban planning, Anomaly and Classical archaeology.
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