Recording of the AIA Archaeology Abridged with David Carballo
“Traitors or Native Conquistadors? The Role of Tlaxcala in the Fall of Aztec Mexico”
Maria Codlin successfully defended her PhD defense.
Congratulations Maria!
2/23/22 – Archaeology Seminar Series Lecture: Urbanization and Abandonment At Teotihuacan
The Archaeology Program at Boston University’s Lecture Series Register HERE About this event During the Spring of 2022, Boston University’s Archaeology Program will be hosting a series of lectures. Our second lecture is titled Urbanization and Abandonment at Teotihuacan and will take place Wednesday, February 23rd from 12:20 pm–1:15 pm. We are thrilled that archaeologist […]
David Carballo recipient of Whiting Public Engagement Seed Grant
David Carballo will receive $10,000 to lead a community-engaged archaeology project with youth living near the ancient city of Teotihuacan, one of the largest cities of the pre-Columbian Americas. A heavily visited tourist destination and iconic national treasure, Teotihuacan is nonetheless threatened by the urban sprawl of Mexico City. Carballo and colleagues, including artist Pedro Cahuantzi […]
David Carballo Teotihuacan Tlajinga article in Reuters
‘“We’re now finding that life on the periphery was pretty good,” said Boston University archeologist David Carballo, who discovered brightly-colored paintings over fine stucco on three buildings he began excavating there in July,” David Alire Garcia of Reuters. Read entire article here.
Professor Carballo and Daniela Hernandez Sarinana keeping the Teotihuacan community informed
Professor David Carballo and graduate student, Daniela Hernandez Sarinana, in San Pedro Tlajinga, Teotihuacan with the families from the community to explain their project goals and their progress. #archaeology #Mexico #proyectoarqueologicotlajingateotihuacan
Maria Codlin, Kathleen Forste, and Natalie Susmann recipients of a GRAF
Congratulations to Maria Codlin, Kathleen Forste and Natalie Susmann recipients of the Short Term Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship to support their travel and research. Maria’s research takes her to Mexico, Kathleen to Israel, Natalie to Greece.
Professor Carballo Teotihuacan Project in Science Magazine
Professor David Carballo Teotihuacan in Science Magazine. The candidate for political office stood in a plaza, naked, bracing himself against the punches and kicks. The crowd roared, pulsing around him like a beating heart. People for whom he had risked his life in war after war hurled blows and insults from all directions. The candidate […]
Professor David Carballo The Daily Beast interview
Tangled History Mexico Is Hiding The World’s Largest Pyramid In the city of Cholula in central Mexico there stands a hill with a giant church on top which hides a man made pyramid filled with secrets. Excerpt from interview with William O’Connor, 12/4/16 Click here to read entire interview. During the peak period of the […]
New article featuring Teotihuacan research of Prof. David Carballo and graduate students Maria Codlin, Daniela Hernandez Sarinana, and Dave Walton
BU Department of Archaeology faculty and graduate students study Teotihuacan, in part, to advance our own understanding of current cities. Read more