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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

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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

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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

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Donald Johanson

Donald Johanson is an American archaeologist primarily known for his pivotal role in paleoanthropology. In 1974, he led...

Modern American Paleoanthropology Awash

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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

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George Bass

American archaeologist considered the father of underwater archaeology, who founded the Institute of Nautical Archaeolog...

American 20TH Century Underwater Bronze Age

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Michael Schiffer

American archaeologist Michael Schiffer is renowned for founding behavioral archaeology and his theories on the formatio...

Modern American Theory Behavioral

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Stephen Houston

Stephen Houston is an American epigrapher and archaeologist renowned for his foundational contributions to the decipherm...

Modern American Maya Mesoamerica

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Tim White

American paleoanthropologist Tim White is notable for co-discovering Ardipithecus ramidus in Ethiopia and his work on ea...

Modern American Paleoanthropology Awash

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Tom D. Dillehay

Tom D. Dillehay is an American archaeologist renowned for his excavations at Monte Verde, Chile, which revolutionized th...

Modern American South America Paleoindian

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Mark Lehner

Mark Lehner is an American archaeologist who has directed the Giza Plateau Mapping Project since 1984, conducting extens...

Modern American Survey Egyptology

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Samuel Noah Kramer

Samuel Noah Kramer was a Ukrainian-American Assyriologist who translated numerous Sumerian cuneiform tablets, significan...

American 20TH Century Sumerian Cuneiform

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Alfred V. Kidder

Alfred Vincent Kidder was an American archaeologist who pioneered modern excavation techniques in North America through...

American 20TH Century North America Peabody

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Joyce Marcus

American archaeologist known for her research on ancient Mesoamerican writing systems and political organization, with e...

Modern American Maya Mesoamerica

8.6 Great

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Jeremy Sabloff

Jeremy Sabloff is an American archaeologist known for his research on ancient Maya settlement patterns and his promotion...

Modern American Settlement Maya

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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

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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

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William Foxwell Albright

William Foxwell Albright was an influential American archaeologist and biblical scholar who led excavations at Tell Beit...

American 20TH Century Near East Biblical

8.6 Great

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James B. Griffin

James B. Griffin was a prominent American archaeologist who revolutionized the classification of prehistoric Native Amer...

American 20TH Century North America Mississippi

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