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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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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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David Stuart

David Stuart is a modern American archaeologist specializing in the study of the Maya civilization and Mesoamerica. His...

Modern American Maya Mesoamerica

9.1 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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Tom D. Dillehay

Tom Dillehay is a modern American archaeologist whose work significantly advanced our understanding of paleoindian cultu...

Modern American South America Paleoindian

8.7 Great

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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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Richard S. MacNeish

Richard S. MacNeish was a 20th-century American archaeologist recognized for his extensive fieldwork in Mesoamerica and...

American 20TH Century Mesoamerica Origins Of Agriculture

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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Timothy Pauketat

Timothy Pauketat is an American archaeologist and anthropology professor recognized for his extensive research on the Mi...

Modern American North America Mississippian

8.2 Great

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David Hurst Thomas

David Hurst Thomas is an American archaeologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History. His fieldwork inc...

Modern American North America Mission

8.2 Great

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John Speth

John D. Speth is an American anthropological archaeologist whose research examines hunter-gatherer subsistence, hunting...

Modern American North America Bison

7.9 Good

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Stephen Lekson

Stephen Lekson is an American archaeologist and professor emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder. He specializes...

Modern American North America Southwest

7.9 Good

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Patricia Crown

Patricia Crown is an American archaeologist and professor at the University of New Mexico whose research focuses on the...

Modern American North America Southwest

7.8 Good

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James M. Adovasio

James M. Adovasio is an American archaeologist best known for his direction of excavations at Meadowcroft Rockshelter, a...

Modern American North America Paleoindian

7.8 Good

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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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William Henry Holmes

William Henry Holmes was an American artist, geologist, anthropologist, and archaeologist whose career joined scientific...

American 19TH Century North America Smithsonian

7.4 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