David M. Carballo on Archaeology, Material Culture, and Writing a Deep History of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico

David M. Carballo speaks about his new book, 'Collision of Worlds: A Deep History of the Fall of Aztec Mexico and the Forging of New Spain' (Oxford University Press, 2020), which takes into account centuries and even millennia of archaeological and historical developments across such areas as warfare and weaponry, plant and animal domestication, and trade and exchange, inviting us to view the Conquest of Mexico and the forging of New Spain on a broader temporal canvass.