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Lewis Binford

For Lewis Binford, archaeology needed to explain past human behavior rather than only classify objects or describe seque...

American Theory 20TH Century Processual

8.67 Great

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Vere Gordon Childe

Australian-born archaeologist Vere Gordon Childe developed influential explanations for major changes in prehistoric soc...

Theory European 20TH Century Neolithic

8.57 Great

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Ian Hodder

British archaeologist Ian Hodder helped develop post-processual archaeology in the 1980s, arguing that material remains...

Modern Theory British Post Processual

8.42 Great

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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

8.33 Great

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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

8.33 Great

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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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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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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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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

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

American 20TH Century Underwater Bronze Age

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David Clarke

David Clarke was a prominent British archaeologist influential for developing analytical approaches to archaeological in...

Theory 20TH Century British Analytical

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Jane Buikstra

Jane Buikstra is a prominent American archaeologist specializing in bioarchaeology. Her work, beginning in the 1970s, es...

Modern American Founder Bioarchaeology

8.05 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

8.05 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

8.02 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

8.01 Great

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Albert C. Spaulding

Albert C. Spaulding was an American archaeologist recognized for his contributions to archaeological method and theory....

American Theory 20TH Century Statistics

7.41 Good

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Sally Binford

Sally Binford (1924–1994) was an American archaeologist who became a prominent figure in the development of processual a...

American Theory 20TH Century Paleolithic

7.28 Good

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James Deetz

James Deetz (1930–2000) was an American anthropologist and a foundational figure in the discipline of historical archaeo...

American Theory 20TH Century Historical

7.26 Good

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Susan Pollock

Susan Pollock is an American archaeologist and anthropologist renowned for her extensive research on ancient Mesopotamia...

Modern American Theory Mesopotamia

7.17 Good

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Joan Gero

Joan Gero (1944–2016) was an American archaeologist recognized as a foundational figure in the development of feminist a...

Modern American Theory Feminist

7.10 Good