swap_horiz Arthur C. Parker Alternatives

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Franz Boas

Franz Boas was a 19th-century archaeologist and anthropologist whose work fundamentally shaped the field of American ant...

19TH Century Culture North America Anthropology

9.7 Brilliant

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Claude Lévi-Strauss

Claude Lévi-Strauss was a prominent 20th-century French anthropologist and archaeologist. His work, particularly his dev...

French Theory 20TH Century Anthropology

9.6 Brilliant

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Howard Carter

Howard Carter was a 20th-century British archaeologist whose meticulous work led to the unprecedented discovery of Tutan...

20TH Century British Excavation Egyptology

9.5 Brilliant

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Lewis Binford

Lewis Binford was a prominent American archaeologist whose work fundamentally reshaped the field. He spearheaded the pro...

American Theory 20TH Century Processual

9.4 Excellent

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Vere Gordon Childe

Vere Gordon Childe was a prominent 20th-century archaeologist renowned for his groundbreaking theories regarding early h...

Theory European 20TH Century Neolithic

9.3 Excellent

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Louis Leakey

Louis Leakey was a 20th-century archaeologist renowned for his pioneering work in paleoanthropology. His extensive resea...

20TH Century Paleoanthropology Hominin Olduvai

9.3 Excellent

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André Leroi-Gourhan

André Leroi-Gourhan was a prominent French archaeologist specializing in Paleolithic prehistory. His work focused on und...

Technology French 20TH Century Paleolithic

9.1 Excellent

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Bruce Trigger

Bruce Trigger was a prominent Canadian archaeologist specializing in Egyptology during the 20th century. His work signif...

History Theory Canadian 20TH Century

9.1 Excellent

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Raymond Dart

Raymond Dart was a 20th-century South African archaeologist specializing in paleoanthropology. He is primarily known for...

20TH Century South African Paleoanthropology Australopithecus

9.0 Excellent

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Kathleen Kenyon

Kathleen Kenyon was a prominent 20th-century British archaeologist specializing in Near Eastern cultures. Her rigorous e...

20TH Century Near East British Methodology

9.0 Excellent

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Gordon Willey

Gordon Willey was a 20th-century American archaeologist specializing in Mesoamerica. His research focused on settlement...

American 20TH Century Mesoamerica Settlement Patterns

9.0 Excellent

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Alfred V. Kidder

Alfred V. Kidder was an American archaeologist whose fieldwork helped establish systematic methods for studying the anci...

American 20TH Century North America Peabody

8.6 Great

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James B. Griffin

James Bennett Griffin (1905–1997) was a prominent American archaeologist who served as the director of the University of...

American 20TH Century North America Mississippi

8.4 Great

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Vance Haynes

Vance Haynes is an American geoarchaeologist specializing in the geological contexts of early human occupation in North...

American 20TH Century North America Geoarchaeology

8.2 Great

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María Rostworowski

María Rostworowski (1915–2016) was a Polish-Peruvian historian and ethnohistorian whose research fundamentally reshaped...

20TH Century South America Peruvian Inca

8.0 Great

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William Duncan Strong

William Duncan Strong was an American anthropologist and archaeologist whose research addressed the prehistory and Indig...

American 20TH Century North America Peru

7.7 Good

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James A. Ford

James A. Ford was an American archaeologist instrumental in developing systematic, quantitative methods for ceramic seri...

American 20TH Century North America Mississippi

7.7 Good

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Philip Phillips

Philip Phillips was an American archaeologist whose research concentrated on the pre-Columbian cultures of the southeast...

American 20TH Century North America Mississippi

7.6 Good

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Nels C. Nelson

Nels C. Nelson was a Danish-born American archaeologist whose work helped establish systematic stratigraphic methods in...

California 20TH Century North America Danish American

7.5 Good

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Edgar Lee Hewett

Edgar Lee Hewett was an American archaeologist and educator whose work focused on the archaeology and Indigenous culture...

American 20TH Century North America Southwest

7.2 Good