Monica L. Smith

Archaeologist & Author of Cities: The First 6,000 Years (Viking, New York)

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Although there are many different types of food that people can eat, there is no substitute for water! #archaeology #urbanism #water https://t.co/oH5KF9403Z

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Happy to see this lovely cover for the Cities book, published by Corint in Romania and released at the recent Bucharest Bookfest!

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Just recorded a segment for Long Now's "Ignite" to go live on 5/25 17:00 PST: https://t.co/AUKHtGOBKh

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Nice dialogue with Gill Eapen on urbanism and sustainability: https://t.co/owm6WciGnO

[Michael Love @MichaelLovePhD]

Our new book with @CambridgeUP is out. Thanks to M. Canuto, F. Estrada-Belli, A. Joyce, C. Pool, M. Loughlin, T. Stanton, R. Collins, S. Sugiyama, B. Arroyo, M. Smith, N. Yoffee, R. Rosenswig, @JEG96178898 (J. Guernsey) and S. Strauss for their contributions.

[David Nazar @DavidNazarNews]

What an amazing virtual tour of ancient cities to explain the similarities and the differences with modern cities
https://t.co/rmgAle8QMl
Thank you so much @SmithUCLA @UCLAIoES @UCLA @UCLACotsen for taking us all over the globe on this special episode of #sustainingus @PBS @KLCS

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Great book forum at https://t.co/AxO02M52hH, with many lists of 5 best books on things that you might not have thought of! My own contribution, "The best books about why humans have so much stuff" at https://t.co/dPLZ10ouaV #books #objects #marketing

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

My new article in World Archaeology proposes non-hierarchical models for political interaction, inspired by the wonderfully complex world of biological interactions such as firefly synchronicity.
https://t.co/8QC7nu30OK #archaeology #politics #History

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Creative thought-processes: what is the shared thread of artists, writers, and musicians? https://t.co/5Nx9w45y1K

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

In support of reduced carbon footprint and scholarly dialogue in the modern age: Move the SAA 2022 Online or to Hybrid Format https://t.co/byW9EyzGre via @ipetitions

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Moscow Urban Forum's theme this year is "Superstar Cities: Transforming for Success" Many speakers! https://t.co/mWNoiQY1Jz

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Looking forward to a stimulating conversation about citizen science with Kiel University https://t.co/dKg3IWeFUY

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

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[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Archaeology isn't just about "old things" but a perspective on changes in our human uses of objects: past, present & future.

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

What's the next universally used object that will become obsolete: gasoline-powered cars, plastic spoons, wooden pencils?

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Do you have any tools that are pretty and new but don't work as well, so that you find yourself reaching for your old one instead?

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

What's the evolution of tools? Think of something that is regional and/or obsolete: oyster shucker, blade corkscrew, shoe horn, shrimp deveiner, fruit fork!

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

How does an archaeological perspective enable us to understand the long human relationship to the world around us?

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

Ukrainian translation of Cities: The First 6,000 Years is out...! Thanks to @VikingBooks and local publisher KM Books in Kyiv. https://t.co/VJyrSbU75H

[Monica L. Smith @SmithUCLA]

With an appreciative nod to Steve Martin, my most recent archaeology class lecture was entitled "Let's Get Small: The Archaeology of Isotopes, Diatoms, Phytoliths, Pollen, Parasites and DNA." Big shout-out to the hard-working undergrads of #UCLA for a great spring quarter!