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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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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

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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

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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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Vere Gordon Childe

Vere Gordon Childe was a prominent 20th-century archaeologist renowned for his groundbreaking theories regarding early h...

Theory European 20TH Century Neolithic

9.3 Excellent

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Louis Leakey

Louis Leakey was a 20th-century archaeologist renowned for his pioneering work in paleoanthropology. His extensive resea...

20TH Century Paleoanthropology Hominin Olduvai

9.3 Excellent

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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

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Bruce Trigger

Bruce Trigger was a prominent Canadian archaeologist specializing in Egyptology during the 20th century. His work signif...

History Theory Canadian 20TH Century

9.1 Excellent

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Raymond Dart

Raymond Dart was a 20th-century South African archaeologist specializing in paleoanthropology. He is primarily known for...

20TH Century South African Paleoanthropology Australopithecus

9.0 Excellent

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Kathleen Kenyon

Kathleen Kenyon was a prominent 20th-century British archaeologist specializing in Near Eastern cultures. Her rigorous e...

20TH Century Near East British Methodology

9.0 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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Richard Leakey

Richard Leakey was a 20th-century Kenyan archaeologist specializing in paleoanthropology. His significant discoveries, m...

20TH Century Kenyan Paleoanthropology Hominin

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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Mortimer Wheeler

Mortimer Wheeler was a British archaeologist who developed the grid system of excavation and led major digs at Roman sit...

Military 20TH Century British Methodology

8.8 Great

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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

8.8 Great

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Grahame Clark

British archaeologist who excavated the Mesolithic site of Star Carr, Yorkshire (1949–1951), and pioneered environmental...

European 20TH Century British Prehistory

8.8 Great

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Li Ji

Chinese archaeologist Li Ji is widely considered the founder of modern Chinese archaeology, leading excavations at Yinxu...

20TH Century Chinese Asian Shang

8.8 Great

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Alfonso Caso

Influential Mexican archaeologist who famously excavated Monte Albán in Oaxaca, discovering Tomb 7 in 1932 and successfu...

20TH Century Mexican Mesoamerica Mixtec

8.8 Great

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Vance Haynes

Vance Haynes is an American geoarchaeologist famous for his foundational work defining the geological timelines of the C...

American 20TH Century North America Geoarchaeology

8.2 Great