No solo Grecia fue la cuna de la democracia: “Otras sociedades también dieron voz a la gente común” El análisis de una treintena de sociedades de la Antigüedad encuentra herramientas de participación política muy lejos del Mediterráneo

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The distribution of power and inclusiveness across deep time Democratic practice in the premodern world was not the exclusive domain of Greece and Rome.

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/...

I agreed to participate in an episode of his show the UnXplained this week mostly because my dad would have liked me splitting a screen with Captain James T Kirk

Poignant article and great fit rec read. Congrats Joe!

The Pamphlet That Has Roused Americans to Action for 250 Years

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 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Venus of Willendorf, about 30k years old #Vienna

Talking Teo tomorrow afternoon

Exciting advances in distinguishing #bird species in the archaeological record, including at #Teotihuacan

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…

Orgulloso de la alcaldesa: “Esta es nuestra ciudad y defenderemos enérgicamente nuestras leyes”

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

Photo of cathedral of Mexico City with Aztec Sun Stone projected on front

Una yuxtaposición del Zocalo durante #Mexico-Tenochtitlan 700

The Colorful Tale of Mexico's A-maize-ing Grain - Gastropod The past, present, and future of corn: a story that involves empires, vampires, and generations of women chained to the (literal) grindstone.

The colorful tale of Mexico's a-maize-ing grain
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Cartel de ponencia con vasijas Tlaloc

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

Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World

Probable Teotihuacan-Maya relations 750 miles apart and decades before the military "entrada" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...

Illustration of Aztec men sharing a meal from the Florentine Codex

An enjoyable conversation with @Gastropodcast on the deep history of #Mexican food www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...

Teotihuacan: Origins, Urbanism, and Daily Life YouTube video by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

Willey Lecture from a couple of months ago: youtu.be/VwN8mOYw6Cc?...

In the U.S., Archaeology Stares Down an Uncertain Future

In the U.S., Archaeology Stares Down an Uncertain Future www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/s...

Painting of a romanticized Aztec warrior and princess who embody the volcanoes depicted behind them (Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl)

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...

Two grandmothers protesting the current administration in Boston

Proud of these ladies in their 80s showing up

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...

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

Sunrise in Dragoon Arizona seen through an arch

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.

Thanks Ben, and good to see you on here!

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.