Saturday, January 28, 2012

Archaeology and pink flamingos in Chicago neighborhoods

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I just received Robert Sampson's new book on Chicago neighborhoods in the mail, and it got me thinking about some student archaeology ...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Cahokia: "America's Lost City"

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"America's Lost City" is the title of a very nice a rticle on Cahokia in the NewsFocus section of Science Magazine (23 Dec,...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Frank Lloyd Wright and the Maya

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Taliesen West facade Taliesen West facade Cindy and I visited the Frank Lloyd Wright workshop/school Taliesen West (in Scottsdal...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Deep History vs. the Urban Revolution: Which was more important?

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Deep History The deep history of our species — our origins and early development — has seen an explosion of research in the past decad...
Sunday, December 4, 2011

The modern construction of an "ancient" monument

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The Centro Ceremonial Otomi ("Otomi Ceremonial Center"), near Toluca, Mexico, was built by the State of Mexico in 1980 to honor ...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Aztec Urban Agriculture

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Chinampa farming in Tenochtitlan Urban agriculture is a hot topic right now, but it's nothing new. The Aztecs were doing this 600 ...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Defining cities and urbanism (again)

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I just found out that my post "What is a city? Definitions of the urban, " is the most popular post in this blog. Since my views o...
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