swap_horiz Michael E. Moseley Alternatives

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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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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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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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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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Tom D. Dillehay

Tom Dillehay is a modern American archaeologist whose work significantly advanced our understanding of paleoindian cultu...

Modern American South America Paleoindian

8.7 Great

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Robert McC. Adams

Robert McC. Adams was an American archaeologist renowned for his innovative survey methods in the Near East. His extensi...

American Survey 20TH Century Near East

8.7 Great

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Samuel Noah Kramer

Samuel Noah Kramer was an influential Assyriologist who specialized in the translation and interpretation of Sumerian cu...

American 20TH Century Sumerian Cuneiform

8.6 Great

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Alfred V. Kidder

Alfred V. Kidder was an American archaeologist whose fieldwork helped establish systematic methods for studying the anci...

American 20TH Century North America Peabody

8.6 Great

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Julio C. Tello

Julio C. Tello was a Peruvian archaeologist, trained at Harvard University, who is widely considered the founder of mode...

20TH Century South America Peruvian Chavin

8.6 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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William Foxwell Albright

William Foxwell Albright was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, and specialist in ancient Near Eastern languag...

American 20TH Century Near East Biblical

8.6 Great

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John V. Murra

John V. Murra was an anthropologist and historian whose research focused on the political economy and social organizatio...

American 20TH Century South America Inca

8.4 Great

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James B. Griffin

James Bennett Griffin (1905–1997) was a prominent American archaeologist who served as the director of the University of...

American 20TH Century North America Mississippi

8.4 Great

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Hiram Bingham

Hiram Bingham III was an American historian, explorer, and politician associated with Yale University. In 1911, an exped...

American 20TH Century South America Inca

8.1 Great

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Betty Meggers

Betty Meggers (1921–2012) was an American archaeologist who worked extensively with the Smithsonian Institution, special...

American Environmental 20TH Century Amazonia

7.9 Good

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Craig Morris

Craig Morris was an American archaeologist and anthropologist who specialized in the study of the Inca Empire. He served...

American 20TH Century South America Inca

7.8 Good

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Elizabeth P. Benson

Elizabeth P. Benson is an American art historian and archaeologist who specialized in the study of pre-Columbian art, pa...

Modern American South America Art

7.8 Good

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Clifford Evans

Clifford Evans was an American archaeologist whose research concentrated on South American prehistory, particularly the...

American 20TH Century Amazonia South America

7.4 Good