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Jean-François Champollion

Jean-François Champollion was a French archaeologist whose work fundamentally changed our understanding of ancient Egypt...

French 19TH Century Egyptology Rosetta Stone

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

3

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

4

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

5

Grahame Clark

Grahame Clark was a prominent British archaeologist specializing in European prehistory. His work centered on the Mesoli...

European 20TH Century British Prehistory

8.8 Great

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Yves Coppens

Yves Coppens is a French archaeologist renowned for his contributions to paleoanthropology during the 20th century. He p...

French 20TH Century Paleoanthropology Australopithecus

8.8 Great

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Dorothy Garrod

Dorothy Garrod was a British archaeologist specializing in the Paleolithic period. Her work, particularly at Mount Carme...

20TH Century British Paleolithic Neanderthal

8.8 Great

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Jacques Boucher de Perthes

Jacques Boucher de Perthes (1788–1868) was a French customs official and antiquarian whose discoveries in the Somme Vall...

French 19TH Century Antiquity Paleolithic

8.7 Great

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Paul Pelliot

Paul Pelliot was a French archaeologist and sinologist primarily known for his extensive work excavating and documenting...

French 20TH Century Asian Dunhuang

8.7 Great

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John Lubbock

John Lubbock was a British banker, politician, naturalist, and archaeologist who contributed to the nineteenth-century s...

19TH Century British Neolithic Paleolithic

8.6 Great

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John Mulvaney

John Mulvaney was an Australian archaeologist whose fieldwork and scholarship helped establish the systematic study of A...

Australian 20TH Century Aboriginal Prehistory

8.5 Great

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Glynn Isaac

Glynn Isaac was a Kenyan-born archaeologist whose research examined early human behavior and Plio-Pleistocene sites in E...

20TH Century Africa Paleolithic Kenyan British

8.5 Great

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Sally Binford

Sally Binford (1924–1994) was an American archaeologist who became a prominent figure in the development of processual a...

American Theory 20TH Century Paleolithic

7.9 Good

14

Fred Wendorf

Fred Wendorf (1925–2015) was an American archaeologist who spent much of his career at Southern Methodist University, wh...

American 20TH Century African Paleolithic

7.9 Good

15

Manfred Korfmann

Manfred Korfmann (1942–2005) was a German archaeologist and prehistorian best known for his directorship of the excavati...

German Classical 20TH Century Prehistory

7.8 Good

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Rhys Jones

Rhys Jones was a Welsh-Australian archaeologist celebrated for his foundational contributions to the study of Australian...

Australian 20TH Century Aboriginal Prehistory

7.8 Good

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Catherine Perlès

Catherine Perles is a French archaeologist known for research on European prehistory, particularly the Paleolithic and N...

Modern French Greece Paleolithic

7.6 Good

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Theodore Monod

Théodore Monod was a French naturalist, explorer, and environmentalist who served as a director at the Muséum national d...

French Naturalist 20TH Century African

7.5 Good

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Anthony Marks

Anthony Marks is an American archaeologist and academic recognized for his extensive research concerning Paleolithic cul...

American 20TH Century African Paleolithic

7.5 Good

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Henri Lhote

Henri Lhote was a French archaeologist, explorer, and researcher known for his fieldwork on prehistoric rock art in the...

French 20TH Century African Rock Art

5.8 Mediocre