An interview with Keitlyn Alcántara, author of “An Archaeology of Milpa Cultures: Maize and Ecological Worldbuilding in Central Mexico”

Keitlyn Alcántara is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Indiana Bloomington. She is also the author of An Archaeology of Milpa Cultures: Maize and Ecological Worldbuilding in Central Mexico (University Press of Florida, 2026).