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David Carballo
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Archaeologist and Latin Americanist, Boston University.
Venus of Willendorf, about 30k years old #Vienna
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Talking Teo tomorrow afternoon
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Exciting advances in distinguishing #bird species in the archaeological record, including at #Teotihuacan
October 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We can still push back against fascism: a song sung to the tune of the ABCs
September 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Starting soon, New Discoveries/New Directions in the Archaeology of the Ancient Americas at @metmuseum with livestream here engage.metmuseum.org/events/educati…
https://engage.metmuseum.org/events/educati…
September 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Orgulloso de la alcaldesa: “Esta es nuestra ciudad y defenderemos enérgicamente nuestras leyes”
🇺🇲 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
La Administración Trump demanda a Boston en su última escalada en el enfrentamiento con las ciudades santuario
La alcaldesa Michelle Wu calificó la demanda como extralimitada e inconstitucional: “Esta es nuestra ciudad y defenderemos enérgicamente nuestras leyes”
dozz.es
September 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Reposted by David Carballo
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.
August 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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
August 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Una yuxtaposición del Zocalo durante #Mexico-Tenochtitlan 700
July 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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
July 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
An enjoyable conversation with @Gastropodcast on the deep history of #Mexican food www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...
June 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Willey Lecture from a couple of months ago: youtu.be/VwN8mOYw6Cc?...
Teotihuacan: Origins, Urbanism, and Daily Life
YouTube video by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
youtu.be
June 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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)
May 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Nueva edición de #Arqueologia con artículos en homenaje a la carrera distinguida de Linda Manzanilla www.revistas.inah.gob.mx/index.php/ar...
www.revistas.inah.gob.mx
April 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Proud of these ladies in their 80s showing up
April 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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
peabody.harvard.edu
March 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Ciudad Perdida (Teyuna), #Colombia is a jewel of a site a and trek through beautiful country earlier dedicated to growing drugs, thanks partially to support from #USAID
March 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The beautiful Amerind Foundation for a productive workshop on comparative governance in past societies. Looking forward to writing team publications, and returning here
March 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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If Republicans in Congress want to help make our country safe, I have some ideas for them.
March 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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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
February 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Reposted by David Carballo
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.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Reposted by David Carballo
Mesoamerican urbanism: Indigenous institutions, infrastructure, and resilience by @dmcarballo.bsky.social Gary M Feinman and Aurelio López Corral

https://buff.ly/4jRgyY4

#urbanism #Indigenous #resilience
February 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM