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  1. Ancient Egyptian Urbanism in a Comparative, Global Context

    Article • Journal of Egyptian History, February 2021, Brill

    Michael Smith

  2. Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica

    Article • Nature, November 2017, Nature

    Michael Smith

  3. The Teotihuacan Anomaly: The Historical Trajectory of Urban Design in Ancient Central Mexico

    Article • Open Archaeology, August 2017, De Gruyter

    Michael Smith

  4. Comparative Methods for Premodern Cities: Coding for Governance and Class Mobility

    Article • Cross-Cultural Research, September 2016, SAGE Publications

    Michael Smith

  5. Conceptual approaches to service provision in cities throughout history

    Article • Urban Studies, March 2015, SAGE Publications

    Michael Smith

  6. Jane Jacobs was wrong about cities preceding agriculture

    Article • International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, April 2014, Wiley

    Michael Smith, Jason Ur

  7. Neighborhood formation in semi-urban settlements

    Article • Journal of Urbanism International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, March 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Smith

  8. Aztec period houses and terraces at Calixtlahuaca: The changing morphology of a Mesoamerican hilltop urban center

    Article • Journal of Field Archaeology, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Smith

  9. Sustainable agrarian urbanism: The low-density cities of the Mayas and Aztecs

    Article • Cities, April 2013, Elsevier

    Michael Smith

  10. The Aztec Empire

    Article • September 2012

    Michael Smith

  11. The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies

    Article • September 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Smith

  12. The archaeological study of neighborhoods and districts in ancient cities

    Article • Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Michael Smith

  13. Sprawl, Squatters and Sustainable Cities: Can Archaeological Data Shed Light on Modern Urban Issues?

    Article • Cambridge Archaeological Journal, June 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Smith

  14. Ancient Cities

    Article • January 2010, SAGE Publications

    Michael Smith

  15. Editorial—Just How Comparative is Comparative Urban Geography? A Perspective from Archaeology

    Article • Urban Geography, February 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Smith

  16. Sources of Imported Obsidian at Postclassic Sites in the Yautepec Valley, Morelos: A Characterization Study Using XRF and INAA

    Article • Latin American Antiquity, December 2007, JSTOR

    Michael Smith

  17. New World States and Empires: Politics, Religion, and Urbanism

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Research, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Smith

  18. XOO-PHASE CERAMICS FROM OAXACA FOUND AT CALIXTLAHUACA IN CENTRAL MEXICO

    Article • Ancient Mesoamerica, July 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Smith

  19. Life in the Provinces of The Aztec Empire

    Article • Scientific American Sp, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Smith

  20. The Archaeology of Ancient State Economies

    Article • Annual Review of Anthropology, October 2004, Annual Reviews

    Michael Smith

  21. The Archaeological Study of Empires and Imperialism in Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico

    Article • Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, September 2001, Elsevier

    Michael Smith

  22. ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS FROM THE AZTEC NEW FIRE CEREMONY

    Article • Ancient Mesoamerica, July 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Smith

  23. Excavations of Aztec Urban Houses at Yautepec, Mexico

    Article • Latin American Antiquity, June 1999, JSTOR

    Michael Smith

  24. Life in the Provinces of the Aztec Empire

    Article • Scientific American, September 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Smith

  25. A New Postclassic Chronology for Yautepec, Morelos

    Article • Ancient Mesoamerica, January 1996, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Smith

  26. Aztec-Period Agricultural Terraces in Morelos, Mexico: Evidence for Household-Level Agricultural Intensification

    Article • Journal of Field Archaeology, January 1994, JSTOR

    Michael Smith

  27. The Size of the Aztec City of Yautepec

    Article • Ancient Mesoamerica, January 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Smith

  28. Braudel's temporal rhythms and chronology theory in archaeology

    Article • April 1992, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Smith

  29. Rhythms of change in Postclassic central Mexico: archaeology, ethnohistory, and the Braudelian model

    Article • April 1992, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Smith

  30. Archaeology and the Aztec empire

    Article • World Archaeology, February 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Smith

  31. Late Postclassic Chronology in Western Morelos, Mexico

    Article • Latin American Antiquity, December 1991, JSTOR

    Michael Smith

  32. Long-Distance Trade under the Aztec Empire: The Archaeological Evidence

    Article • Ancient Mesoamerica, January 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Smith

  33. Cities, Towns, and Urbanism: Comment on Sanders and Webster

    Article • American Anthropologist, June 1989, Wiley

    Michael Smith

  34. Architectural Patterns at Three Aztec-Period Sites in Morelos, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Field Archaeology, January 1989, JSTOR

    Michael Smith

  35. Architectural Patterns at Three Aztec-Period Sites in Morelos, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Field Archaeology, January 1989, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Smith

  36. The Development of Prehispanic Cotton-Spinning Technology in Western Morelos, Mexico

    Article • Journal of Field Archaeology, January 1988, JSTOR

    Michael Smith

  37. Household possessions and wealth in agrarian states: Implications for archaeology

    Article • Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, December 1987, Elsevier

    Michael Smith

  38. Archaeology and the Aztec Economy: The Social Scientific Use of Archaeological Data

    Article • Social Science History, January 1987, JSTOR

    Michael Smith

  39. The Expansion of the Aztec Empire: A Case Study in the Correlation of Diachronic Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Data

    Article • American Antiquity, January 1987, JSTOR

    Michael Smith

  40. The Role of Social Stratification in the Aztec Empire: A View from the Provinces

    Article • American Anthropologist, March 1986, Wiley

    Michael Smith

  41. The Role of the Marketing System in Aztec Society and Economy: Reply to Evans

    Article • American Antiquity, October 1980, JSTOR

    Michael Smith

  42. The Aztec Marketing System and Settlement Pattern in the Valley of Mexico: A Central Place Analysis

    Article • American Antiquity, January 1979, JSTOR

    Michael Smith

  43. Household Economies under the Aztec and Inka Empires

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Michael Smith

  44. Aztec Feasts Rituals and Markets

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Smith

  45. City Planning: Aztec City Planning

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Smith