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#SocialInequality #AncientCities #GINIProject #NeighborhoodEffects #HousingDisparity #UrbanArchaeology #ComparativeUrbanism #Governance #InequalityResearch #HistoricalPatterns

Follow Dr. Thompson on Instagram, X, and BlueSky: @ArchaeologyAmy
#SocialInequality #AncientCities #GINIProject #NeighborhoodEffects #HousingDisparity #UrbanArchaeology #ComparativeUrbanism #Governance #InequalityResearch #HistoricalPatterns
Neighborhoods shaped how inequality was lived, and how it was perceived.
#ArchaeologyOfInequality #GINIProject #AncientNeighborhoods #UrbanInequality #SocialDynamics #HumanSettlements #PastAndPresent #SocioeconomicDifference #CityLife #ComparativeUrbanism
Our 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
Inequality was not just a product of modernization or scale, but of how societies chose to organize themselves.
#Inequality #Archaeology #SocialComplexity #GINIProject #EconomicHistory #Governance #AncientSocieties #WealthGap #PastAndPresent #Urbanism #InstitutionalChange
The surprising takeaway: inequality didn’t rise everywhere in the same way, or for the same reasons. Technological progress alone wasn’t enough, context mattered.
#Sustainability #Inequality #GINIProject #NeolithicRevolution #SocialComplexity #ArchaeologicalResearch #Prehistory #GlobalHistory
His work explores long-distance exchange networks and their broader implications, often in collaboration with experts in sociology, economics, computer science, and the natural sciences.
#Archaeology #Inequality #SocialEvolution #Prehistory #CollaborativeResearch #Neolithic #GINIProject #CfAS