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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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Kent Flannery

Kent Flannery is an American archaeologist specializing in the study of Mesoamerica. His work focuses on the development...

American 20TH Century Mesoamerica Oaxaca

8.9 Great

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Linda Schele

Linda Schele was a 20th-century American archaeologist specializing in the study of the Maya civilization in Mesoamerica...

American 20TH Century Maya Mesoamerica

8.9 Great

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Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma is a Mexican archaeologist renowned for his extensive work excavating Templo Mayor in Mexico Cit...

Modern Mexican Mesoamerica Aztec

8.9 Great

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George Bass

George Bass was a twentieth-century American archaeologist instrumental in establishing underwater archaeology as a dist...

American 20TH Century Underwater Bronze Age

8.8 Great

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Stephen Houston

Stephen Houston is a modern American archaeologist specializing in the study of the Maya civilization. His work focuses...

Modern American Maya Mesoamerica

8.8 Great

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Alfonso Caso

Alfonso Caso was a prominent 20th-century Mexican archaeologist specializing in Mesoamerica. His extensive work centered...

20TH Century Mexican Mesoamerica Mixtec

8.8 Great

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Eduard Seler

Eduard Seler was a German archaeologist and philologist primarily known for his extensive work in Mesoamerica during the...

German 19TH Century Mesoamerica Aztec

8.8 Great

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Michael D. Coe

Michael D. Coe was a prominent 20th-century American archaeologist dedicated to the study of Mesoamerica. His research s...

American 20TH Century Maya Mesoamerica

8.7 Great

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Manuel Gamio

Mexican archaeologist and founding father of modern Mexican anthropology who directed the monumental excavations at Teot...

20TH Century Mexican Mesoamerica Teotihuacan

8.7 Great

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Richard S. MacNeish

Richard S. MacNeish was an American archaeologist famous for discovering the sequence of domesticated maize evolution in...

American 20TH Century Mesoamerica Origins Of Agriculture

8.6 Great

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Michael E. Smith

American archaeologist noted for his systematic surface surveys and excavations of Aztec sites in Mexico, particularly a...

Modern American Mesoamerica Urbanism

8.6 Great

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Elizabeth Brumfiel

Elizabeth Brumfiel was an American archaeologist whose pioneering research focused on Aztec socio-economic inequalities...

Modern American Mesoamerica Gender

8.3 Great

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William T. Sanders

American archaeologist who proposed the influential "cultural ecology" model for the Maya and directed the long-term sur...

American 20TH Century Mesoamerica Teotihuacan

8.3 Great

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Sylvanus Morley

Sylvanus Morley was an American archaeologist and epigrapher who directed large-scale excavations at the Chichen Itza si...

American 20TH Century Maya Mesoamerica

8.2 Great

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Jeffrey R. Parsons

American archaeologist recognized for his extensive regional surveys of pre-Hispanic settlements in the Basin of Mexico...

Modern American Survey Mesoamerica

7.9 Good

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William R. Coe

William R. Coe was an American archaeologist who directed the massive University of Pennsylvania excavations at the anci...

American 20TH Century Maya Mesoamerica

7.8 Good

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Felipe Solís Olguín

Mexican archaeologist and curator at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, known for his extensive researc...

20TH Century Mexican Museum Mesoamerica

7.8 Good