Michael E. Smith
Archaeologist, Author
1953 –
Who is Michael E. Smith?
Michael Ernest Smith 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. 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.
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- Born
- 1953
- Also known as
- Michael Smith
- Michael Ernest Smith
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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