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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

Manuel Gamio was a pioneering Mexican archaeologist and anthropologist who is widely regarded as the founder of modern a...

20TH Century Mexican Mesoamerica Teotihuacan

8.7 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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Michael E. Smith

Michael E. Smith is an American archaeologist and academic recognized for his extensive research on the Aztec civilizati...

Modern American Mesoamerica Urbanism

8.6 Great

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Elizabeth Brumfiel

Elizabeth Brumfiel (1945-2012) was an American archaeologist who specialized in Mesoamerican studies, particularly focus...

Modern American Mesoamerica Gender

8.3 Great

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William T. Sanders

William T. Sanders was an American archaeologist and anthropologist who specialized in the cultural ecology and demograp...

American 20TH Century Mesoamerica Teotihuacan

8.3 Great

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Sylvanus Morley

Sylvanus G. Morley was an American archaeologist, epigrapher, and Maya specialist who worked extensively in Mexico and C...

American 20TH Century Maya Mesoamerica

8.2 Great

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Jeffrey R. Parsons

Jeffrey R. Parsons is an American archaeologist who served as a professor at the University of Michigan. During the 1960...

Modern American Survey Mesoamerica

7.9 Good

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William R. Coe

William R. Coe (1926–2009) was an American archaeologist who served as a leading figure in the University of Pennsylvani...

American 20TH Century Maya Mesoamerica

7.8 Good

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Felipe Solís Olguín

Felipe Solís Olguín (1944–2009) was a Mexican archaeologist, anthropologist, and curator at the National Museum of Anthr...

20TH Century Mexican Museum Mesoamerica

7.8 Good