ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 1hAdvertise Your Event on the CfAS Site! www.archsynth.org/advertise-yo... 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 Follow Dr. Thompson on Instagram, X, and BlueSky: @ArchaeologyAmy #SocialInequality #AncientCities #GINIProject #NeighborhoodEffects #HousingDisparity #UrbanArchaeology #ComparativeUrbanism #Governance #InequalityResearch #HistoricalPatterns 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026They found that while some neighborhoods showed high disparity in house sizes, others were more equal, even in highly unequal cities. And governance played a key role: top-down structures influenced how inequality filtered down to the community level. Neighborhoods matter, in the past and today. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From ancient Mesopotamia to the Classic Maya, neighborhoods have long been central to how humans live together. Using data from over 80 ancient settlements, researchers analyzed how inequality varied within neighborhoods, and how that shaped lived experience. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026 Follow Amy on Instagram, X, and BlueSky: @archaeologyamy 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Neighborhoods shaped how inequality was lived, and how it was perceived. #ArchaeologyOfInequality #GINIProject #AncientNeighborhoods #UrbanInequality #SocialDynamics #HumanSettlements #PastAndPresent #SocioeconomicDifference #CityLife #ComparativeUrbanism 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026New research from the GINI Project shows that residential disparity was often lower within neighborhoods than across settlements as a whole. That means many ancient communities experienced less inequality locally than what was visible at the city-wide level. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026What does inequality feel like at the neighborhood level? Even in the ancient world, people didn’t just experience inequality at the scale of entire cities, but in the streets and homes where they lived their daily lives. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#Archaeology #MayaArchaeology #Lidar #RemoteSensing #GIS #HouseholdArchaeology #HumanBehavioralEcology #BelizeArchaeology #Copan #Inequality #CommunityArchaeology #NSFFunded #Fieldwork #GeospatialScience #PNAS 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Amy’s work has been supported by the NSF, the Explorer’s Club, and the Copan Maya Foundation, and published widely in top journals including PNAS, JAS, JAMT, and PLOS ONE. Follow Amy on Instagram, Bluesky and X at @archaeologyamy 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026... through community-based archaeology. Her research relies on geospatial methods, remote sensing, and multi-proxy chronology building, framed through Human Behavioral Ecology. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Amy uses lidar, spatial modeling, and household archaeology to explore long-term patterns of settlement and inherited inequality. She’s conducted fieldwork across southern and northwest Belize and western Honduras, working closely with Mopan and Q’eqchi’ Maya communities ... 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Meet 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 · 30/09/2026Follow Dr. Amy Thompson here on BlueSky, as well as Instagram and X, @archaeologyamy! 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026. . PNAS, JAS, JAMT, and PLOS ONE. #Archaeology #MayaArchaeology #Lidar #RemoteSensing #GIS #HouseholdArchaeology #HumanBehavioralEcology #BelizeArchaeology #Copan #Inequality #CommunityArchaeology #NSFFunded #GeospatialScience #PNAS 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026. . archaeology. Her research relies on geospatial methods, remote sensing, and multi-proxy chronology building, framed through Human Behavioral Ecology. Amy’s work has been supported by the NSF, the Explorer’s Club, and the Copan Maya Foundation, and published widely in top journals including . . 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Amy uses lidar, spatial modeling, and household archaeology to explore long-term patterns of settlement and inherited inequality. She’s conducted fieldwork across southern and northwest Belize and western Honduras, working closely with Mopan and Q’eqchi’ Maya communities through community-based . . 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@ercrema.bsky.social #InequalityInHistory #GINIProject #GiniCoefficient #QuantifyingThePast #ArchaeologicalData #SocialStructure #ScaleMatters #ArchaeologicalMethod #PastInequality #AncientInequality #ResearchTools 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026By examining how metrics shift across different levels of aggregation, researchers are uncovering both the power and the limitations of archaeological data to reflect past inequality, and offering new tools to refine our understanding. 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 · 28/09/2026#ArchaeologyOfInequality #GINIProject #GiniCoefficient #InequalityResearch #QuantitativeArchaeology #SocialInequality #AncientSocieties #ComparativeHistory #HumanComplexity #MultiscalarAnalysis 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026. . it changes depending on the scale we use to measure it. New research from the GINI Project explores how inequality looks at different levels, from individual neighborhoods to entire regions, revealing how scale and sampling affect what we can know about ancient social and economic organization. 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 · 28/09/2026Follow along for more on his work, insights, and adventures in archaeological research! #Archaeology #MeetTheTeam #GIS #ComputationalArchaeology #ERCResearch #AcademicJourney #PrehistoricJapan #CambridgeArchaeology @ercrema.bsky.social 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In 2016, he joined the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, where he’s now an Associate Professor. His research combines computational methods with big archaeological questions, most recently leading a major ERC project on the spread of farming in prehistoric Japan. 100
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 · 25/09/2026Read the article to see how house size became a powerful tool for understanding economic disparity across time and place.#Archaeology #HistoryMatters #WealthGap #SocialInequality #ClimateResilience #Governance #PNAS #GlobalHistory 000
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 · 25/09/2026🔗 Link in bio #Archaeology #EconomicInequality #ClimateChange #SocialJustice #HumanHistory #PNAS #InequalityMatters 000
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 · 25/09/2026#Archaeology #ClimateChange #Inequality #Anthropology #SocialDynamics #Prehistory #SantaFeInstitute #EconomicInequality #WSU #NASmember 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026links between inequality and economic performance. Kohler is a Regents Professor emeritus at Washington State University, external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. 101
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 · 24/09/2026#Inequality #SustainableSocieties #AncientCities #GINIProject #ArchaeologicalResearch #ResilientCommunities #NetworkEffects #AnthropologyMatters #BigData #PastForTheFuture 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026These findings suggest that as societies scaled up, so did the potential for inequality, raising new questions about how we define sustainability across time. 100
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 · 23/09/2026#Archaeology #LandscapeArchaeology #RemoteSensing #GIS #SouthwestAsia #EasternMediterranean #ArchaeologicalScience #CulturalHeritage #Inequality #OpenScience #DigitalArchaeology #MiddleEastArchaeology #ERCResearch #HistoricalEcology 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026. . . millennium AD. He’s also contributed to initiatives like EAMENA, which uses remote sensing to protect endangered archaeological sites. His research pushes the field forward through open, reproducible methods and a focus on spatial inequality in the archaeological record. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He uses satellite imagery, GIS, and spatial statistics to investigate settlement systems, regional interactions, and inequality. Dan has led field and digital projects in Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran, and currently co-leads the ERC-funded SSE1K project on socio-ecological systems in the first . . . 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 · 23/09/2026Our global dataset shows that settlement persistence is weakly correlated with inequality, not equality, challenging assumptions about what makes societies sustainable. #Archaeology #Sustainability #Inequality #GINIProject #SettlementPatterns #Resilience #SocialScience #AncientSocieties #DataDriven 000
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 · 21/09/2026#KuznetsTides #Archaeology #EconomicInequality #SustainableDevelopment #GINIdata #MayaStudies #BronzeAge #Piketty #AncientEconomies #WorldSystemsTheory #WeightsAndMeasures #ArchaeologyForTheFuture" 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026and reciprocity. When co-opted by elites, these systems often led to exploitation, inequality, and even economic collapse. This research highlights a powerful insight: inequality isn't inevitable, and sustainable development has deeper roots than we thought. 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🟢 Early economic growth often occurred without rising inequality (sustainable development). 🔴 But later, inequality surged—even when growth stalled. The key? How societies governed economic exchange. Tools like early weights and measures, when developed from the bottom up, supported balance . . . 100
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026with economic growth, then eventually levels off. But the archaeological record tells a different story. In zones like the Bronze Age Interaction Zone (BAIZ), the Mundo Maya, and pre-Roman Britain, researchers found repeated phases of “Kuznets’ tides”: 100
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 · 21/09/2026This study shows how deep-time data can reshape how we think about inequality, sustainability, and the roots of economic systems. #Archaeology #EconomicInequality #SustainableDevelopment #KuznetsCurve #AncientEconomy #GINIdata #MayaStudies #BronzeAge #InequalityWaves #ArchaeologyForTheFuture 000
ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social @ccsa-cuboulder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🌊 These long-term cycles, like economic “tides,” suggest that early governance tools (like weight metrology) initially balanced wealth, until emerging elites tipped the scales. 100
