David Manuel Carballo
Research Associate
Ph.D. UCLA, 2005 <br />M.A. UCLA, 2001 <br />B.A. Colgate University, 1995
E-mail:
dmcarballo [at] ua.edu
Position and Home Institution
Archaeology; Mesoamerica; lithic analysis; GIS
Research Interests
Dr. Carballo's current research focuses on the social changes that accompanied the first cities and states in prehispanic central Mexico (ca. 2000 years ago). As the Director of the Proyecto Arqueológico La Laguna, he has been investigating household economies, the development of social inequality, and the integrative and divisive aspects of community ritual at a Formative period (ca. 600 B.C. – A.D. 150) town in the modern state of Tlaxcala, whose abandonment coincided with Teotihuacano political expansion through the region. He is also active in the archaeology of Teotihuacan itself as a collaborator on the Moon Pyramid Project, which has been documenting the construction history and social and religious significances of one of the largest monuments of the ancient Americas. At a broader level, Dr. Carballo is interested in anthropological issues such as religious integration, social identity, political evolution, the development and maintenance of cooperative networks, economic specialization, warfare, and state formation and collapse.
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