Rafael Cruz Gil

Ph.D. Student in Anthropology

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Rafael was born in Mexico City, where he completed his B.A. in Archaeology at the National School of Anthropology and History. He later earned his M.A. in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago.  He has participated in projects in Mexico, Palestine, and the US. Rafael is a Ph.D. student in Anthropology who focuses on Mesoamerica and imperial practices and social inequality in Teotihuacan. His interests include colonialism, imperialism, the rise of state societies, LiDAR mapping, and the uses of spatial analysis and urban studies in archaeology.

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