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Affiliations<\/h3>\n

Archaeology Program<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Center for Latin American Studies<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Center for<\/span> Innovation in Social Science<\/a>, <\/span>Initiative on Cities<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Global Medieval Studies<\/a><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Areas of Expertise<\/h3>\n

Mesoamerican archaeology; households; urbanism; collective action; ritual; politics and governance; craft production and exchange; GIS; archaeometry; lithic analysis<\/em><\/p>\n

View Professor Carballo’s CV – September 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Websites<\/h3>\n

Personal Website<\/a>
\n<\/a>Tlajinga-Teotihuacan Project Website<\/a><\/p>\n

Latin American Archaeology Laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n

About<\/h3>\n

David Carballo is a specialist in Mesoamerican archaeology, focusing particularly on the prehispanic civilizations of central Mexico. He has conducted research in Honduras, Belize, Peru, and the US, and his current project is within Teotihuacan\u2019s Tlajinga district, a cluster of non-elite neighborhoods on the periphery of what was then the largest city in the Americas (1-600 CE).\u00a0 This community-engaged research working with contemporary communities in understanding ancient ones.<\/p>\n

Selected Publications<\/h3>\n
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  • Carballo, David M. <\/strong>Collision of Worlds: A Deep History of the Fall of Aztec Mexico and the Forging of New Spain<\/em>. New York: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n
  • Hirth, Kenneth G.,\u00a0David M. Carballo<\/strong>, and Barbara Arroyo, eds.\u00a02020.\u00a0Teotihuacan: The World Beyond the City<\/em>. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks and Trustees of Harvard University.<\/li>\n
  • Carballo, David M<\/strong>. 2016. Urbanization and Religion in Ancient Central Mexico<\/em>. New York: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n
  • Carballo, David M<\/strong>. ed. 2013. Cooperation and Collective Action: Archaeological Perspectives<\/em>. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.<\/li>\n
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    Carballo, David M.<\/strong>, and Gary M. Feinman. 2024\u00a0<\/span>Collective Action and the Reframing of Early Mesoamerica.<\/i>\u00a0 Elements Series.\u00a0 Cambridge University Press, New York.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Courses<\/h3>\n
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    • CAS AR 150 Archaeology of Cities<\/li>\n
    • CAS AR 190 Introduction to Archaeology<\/li>\n
    • CAS AN\/AR 201 Indigenous Peoples of the Americas<\/li>\n
    • CAS AN\/AR 250 Aztec, Maya, and their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica<\/li>\n
    • CAS AR 551 Seminar in Mesoamerican Archaeology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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