ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 15hMeet Dr. Amy Thompson, an Assistant Professor of Geography and the Environment at the University of Texas at Austin. She’s an anthropological archaeologist whose research focuses on inequality and human-environment interactions among the Classic Maya (300–900 CE). 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Inequality in the past wasn’t uniform, and neither is how we measure it. This new study highlights the importance of scale when using Gini coefficients in archaeology. A neighborhood, a city, and a regional polity can all tell different stories about inequality based on the same dataset. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How do we measure inequality in the past? The Gini coefficient, a tool often used to assess income inequality today, is increasingly used by archaeologists to study ancient disparities, especially through proxy data like house size. But inequality isn’t one-size-fits-all . . . @ercrema.bsky.social 110
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meet Dr. Enrico Crema! Enrico’s journey in archaeology started with a BA in Asian History at the University of Bologna and took him across Europe—from an MSc and PhD in GIS and Archaeology at UCL to postdoc research in Barcelona as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow. @ercrema.bsky.social 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What can ancient houses tell us about inequality? A lot, it turns out.This new research project brings together archaeologists, historians, and economists to explore how wealth inequality emerged—and why it still matters today. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Inequality isn’t just a modern problem, it’s deeply rooted in human history. Archaeologists are using ancient house sizes to track wealth disparities over 10,000 years, revealing how inequality shaped climate resilience and political stability. Explore the Special Feature in PNAS to learn more! 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Meet Dr. Tim Kohler, an archaeologist whose research explores how internal social dynamics in prehistory were shaped by climate change. Drawing on data from the southeastern and southwestern U.S., he investigates the survival of social systems, the rise of wealth inequality, and the long-term . . . 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New Publication Alert! Archaeology's Golden Opportunity: Transforming the Science of Global Environmental Change Read here: doi.org/10.1017/aaq....doi.orgArchaeology’s Golden Opportunity: Transforming the Science of Global Environmental Change | American Antiquity | Cambridge CoreArchaeology’s Golden Opportunity: Transforming the Science of Global Environmental Change 011
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Larger, longer-lasting settlements tended to have more inequality. Why? Possibly because residents of bigger sites had more opportunities to accumulate surplus and tap into powerful networks. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Meet Dan Lawrence, Professor of Southwest Asian Archaeology at Durham University. His work explores how communities across the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean adapted to environmental and social change over the long term. @dl-arch.bsky.social 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What’s the relationship between sustainability and inequality? New archaeological research uses Gini coefficients and settlement longevity to explore how long-lasting societies managed their resources, and how inequality factored in. @dl-arch.bsky.social 112
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Can archaeology change how we understand economic growth and inequality? A new CfAS study published in PNAS dives deep into the ancient past, using data from over 53,000 residential structures, to test one of economics’ most famous ideas: the Kuznets Curve, which claims that inequality rises . . . 121
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Can ancient houses help us rethink modern economics? Using data from over 53,000 ancient residences across time and space, from the Bronze Age to the ancient Maya to pre-Roman Britain, researchers are challenging the classic Kuznets Curve, which suggests inequality levels off as economies grow. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Meet Dr. Adam Green, Lecturer in Sustainability at the University of York, where he bridges archaeology, environment, and geography to investigate inequality, past and present. Adam’s research uses archaeology to challenge assumptions about economic growth and inequality, . . . 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The CfAS Fall 2025 Workshop hosted last year was more than a deep dive into technology, but a call to action for responsible innovation in archaeology. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What can machine learning do for archaeology? At the CfAS Workshop last fall in 2025, we tackled real challenges facing archaeologists today, like fragmented data, inaccessible archives, and the growing need for rapid synthesis. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Meet Dr. Jonathan Paige. He is an archaeologist, data scientist, and research scientist with the New Mexico Consortium’s Cultural Resource Sciences group. At the intersection of archaeology and machine learning, Jonathan builds tools to help protect archaeological sites on public lands. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Was inequality in the past a straight line? Or were the paths variable and winding? By analyzing thousands of ancient houses across regions that transitioned into urbanism and complex hierarchies, researchers found that inequality didn’t always follow a predictable route. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Is inequality inevitable? A long-standing narrative says that once humans domesticated plants and animals, inequality grew steadily, driven by population growth and increasingly complex institutions. But new global data from the GINI Project paints a more nuanced picture. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Meet Dr. Gary Feinman, the MacArthur Curator of Mesoamerican, Central American, and East Asian Anthropology at the Field Museum. He co-directs long-term archaeological field projects in Oaxaca, Mexico, and Shandong, China, focused on ancient cities, states, and settlement patterns. 110
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Inequality and productivity have never been higher, but they’ve been linked for thousands of years. Using archaeological data from 2,000 years before and after the Neolithic transition, the GINI Project explores whether economic productivity and social inequality grew together. 110
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Did farming really cause inequality? For centuries, scholars, from Rousseau to today, have linked the rise of agriculture to the rise of inequality. But new global data from the GINI Project shows a more complex story. @dl-arch.bsky.social 111
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Meet Dr. Tim Kerig, a prehistorian whose research spans the European Neolithic and Kurdistan. He investigates how economic and social practices evolved over time, especially the roots of social inequality. Dr. Kerig is reshaping how we understand the deep past to better grasp the present. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New Blog Post: National Council on Public History’s statement rejecting attempts to rewrite history www.archsynth.org/national-cou...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/national-council-on-public-historys-statement-rejecting-attempts-to-rewrite-history 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New Blog Post: What we can learn from archaeology about governance www.archsynth.org/what-we-can-...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/what-we-can-learn-from-archaeology-about-governance 001
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Updated Post: Who has the right to tell our story: The fight over cultural heritage in the United States www.archsynth.org/who-has-the-...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/who-has-the-right-to-tell-our-story-the-fight-over-cultural-heritage-in-the-united-states 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New Blog Post: Who has the right to tell our story: The fight over cultural heritage in the United States www.archsynth.org/who-has-the-...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/who-has-the-right-to-tell-our-story-the-fight-over-cultural-heritage-in-the-united-states 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Updated Post: What does a synthesis project need to succeed? www.archsynth.org/what-does-a-...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/what-does-a-synthesis-project-need-to-succeed 000
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ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026New Blog Post: We Welcome Your Suggestions! www.archsynth.org/we-welcome-y...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/we-welcome-your-suggestions 001
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026New Blog Post: Add New Publications to the CfAS Bibliography www.archsynth.org/add-new-publ...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/add-new-publications-to-the-cfas-bibliography 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026New Blog Post: All News Items Go on the Website Right Away! www.archsynth.org/all-news-ite...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/all-news-items-go-on-the-website-right-away-2 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026New Blog Post: What does a synthesis project need to succeed? www.archsynth.org/what-does-a-...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/what-does-a-synthesis-project-need-to-succeed 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026New Blog Post: CfAS meets UISPP 2026 www.archsynth.org/cfas-meets-u...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/cfas-meets-uispp-2026 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026New Blog Post: CfAS and EAA 2026 in Athens www.archsynth.org/cfas-and-eaa...archsynth.orghttps://www.archsynth.org/cfas-and-eaa-2026-in-athens 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Why did some ancient communities become unequal while others stayed more balanced? #AncientInequality #GINIProject #ArchaeologicalData #Sedentism #TechnologyAndInequality #IntergenerationalWealth #SocialStructures #PublicArchaeology @jlmunson.bsky.social 300
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 14/07/2025By analyzing Gini coefficients from over 47,000 ancient residences across 1,100+ sites and 10,000 years, researchers are uncovering how inequality emerged long after the domestication of plants and animals. #Archaeology #WealthInequality #AncientSocieties #SettlementHierarchy @jlmunson.bsky.social 020
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Meet Dr. Jessica Munson, an anthropological archaeologist and Associate Professor at Lycoming College. Her research explores how ancient Maya communities in Mesoamerica responded to political, economic, and environmental challenges. #Archaeology #MayaStudies #Mesoamerica @jlmunson.bsky.social 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Bridging Archaeological Synthesis and Machine Learning Archaeological data is often fragmented across institutions and archives, making large-scale synthesis a challenge. #Archaeology #CulturalHeritage #DataIntegration #MLforArchaeology 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 07/07/2025The Future of Archaeology is Interdisciplinary This fall, the CfAS 2025 Workshop on Machine Learning brings together archaeologists, data scientists, and heritage professionals to tackle one of our field’s biggest challenges, #MLforHeritage #BigDataArchaeology #AIandArchaeology #DigitalHumanities 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Meet Dr. Claudine Gravel-Miguel. She is a quantitative archaeologist using cutting-edge computational modeling, geospatial tools, and machine learning to protect the past. Based at the Center for Applied Fire and Ecosystem Science (New Mexico Consortium). 011
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 02/07/2025What Can Ancient Homes Tell Us About Inequality? New research from the GINI Project shows that the size of ancient residences offers powerful clues about social and economic inequality in the past. 010
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 30/06/2025How does inequality grow? The GINI Project reveals that while scale and productivity do influence inequality, they explain only a small part of the variation across preindustrial societies. Surprisingly, inequality growth appears largely independent of productivity growth. 010
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Meet Dr. Scott Ortman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology (@CUBoulder), and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. 020
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Bridging Archaeological Synthesis and Machine Learning What will participants gain from the Fall 2025 CfAS Workshop? ✔ Collaborate with international experts in archaeology, ML, and heritage management ✔ Develop AI-driven models for synthesizing archaeological data ✔ Discuss ethical considerations 020
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Bridging Archaeological Synthesis and Machine Learning The Fall 2025 CfAS Workshop will address one of archaeology’s biggest challenges: integrating large, complex datasets across institutions and disciplines using machine learning. 010
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Meet Dr. Grant Snitker. He is the Director of Cultural Resource Sciences at the New Mexico Consortium and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Utah State University. He specializes in environmental archaeology, focusing on charcoal analysis, fire ecology, and computational modeling. 010
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Synthesis brings together existing data, diverse perspectives, and collaborative research to answer questions that no single project could tackle alone. At CCSA, we lead and support synthesis initiatives that push the field forward and make it more relevant to society. 010
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 09/06/2025At the Center for Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology (CCSA), we know that some of the most meaningful insights in archaeology emerge when researchers work together across boundaries. 001