Michael E. Smith (archaeologist)
{{short description|American archaeologist}}
Michael Ernest Smith (born 1953){{cite LAF|id=n86-805302}} is an American archaeologist working primarily with Aztec and general Mesoamerican archaeology. He has written numerous scholarly articles about central Mexican archaeology as well as several books about the Aztecs, among them a widely used textbook (Smith 2003). He is currently Professor of Anthropology in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. He is known for stressing the importance of assessing archaeological evidence independently of the ethnohistorical sources, and advocating its use as a source of knowledge about the Aztecs.
Published works
Smith's publications include:
- {{cite journal |year=1984 |title=The Aztlan Migrations of Nahuatl Chronicles: History or Myth? |url=http://www.public.asu.edu/~mesmith9/1-CompleteSet/MES-84-Aztlan.pdf |format=PDF Reprint |journal=Ethnohistory |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=153–186 |location=Durham, NC |publisher=Duke University Press, American Society for Ethnohistory |oclc=145142543 |doi=10.2307/482619 |author=Smith, Michael E. |jstor=482619}}
- {{cite book |year=2003 |title=The Aztecs |edition=2nd |publisher=Blackwell Publishers |location=Malden, MA |isbn=0-631-23015-7 |oclc=48579073}}
- {{cite journal |date=May 2005 |title=City Size in Late Post-Classic Mesoamerica |url=http://www.public.asu.edu/%7Emesmith9/1-CompleteSet/MES-05-CitySize.pdf |journal=Journal of Urban History |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=403–434 |location=Beverley Hills, CA |publisher=Sage Publications |oclc=1798556 |doi=10.1177/0096144204274396 |author=Smith, M. E.|s2cid=145452272 }}
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External links
- [http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.co.uk/ Publishing Archaeology] – Smith's blog
- {{cite web|title=Citations|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=E8wk1sEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra|publisher=Google Scholar}}
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Category:American archaeologists
Category:Mesoamerican archaeologists
Category:Scholars of the Aztecs