Congratulations to David Carballo!
Congratulations to Prof. David Carballo, who is one of the nation’s preeminent scholars in Mesoamerican archaeology, for his promotion to Full Professor. His research focuses particularly on the prehispanic civilizations of central Mexico. Currently ongoing projects at the ancient city of Teotihuacan include the Proyecto Arqueológico Tlajinga, Teotihuacan (PATT), and the Proyecto Plaza de las Columnas. The first seeks to understand urbanization, neighborhood organization, and the daily life of commoners through excavations and geophysical prospection within a southern district of the city. The second is focused on a palace compounds and is aimed at understanding the city’s political economy. His recent book Collision of Worlds: A Deep History of the Fall of Aztec Mexico and the Forging of New Spain is a deep history based on the confrontation between Spanish and Indigenous populations in Mesoamerica in the mid-1500s, with particular attention to a layered history of Cholula, Mexico, and Medellín, Spain. The book has been praised for its rigorous research, based on archival and unwritten archeological materials.
Please join me in warmly congratulating Prof. David Carballo on his well-deserved promotion.
¡Muchas felicidades!