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Franz Boas

Franz Boas helped reshape American anthropology by arguing that cultures must be understood through their own histories...

19TH Century Culture North America Anthropology

8.88 Great

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Flinders Petrie

Careful attention to ordinary objects helped Flinders Petrie change the practice of archaeology. A British Egyptologist...

19TH Century British Palestine Egyptology

8.79 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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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

7.92 Good

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Max Uhle

Max Uhle was a German archaeologist whose systematic fieldwork helped establish the chronological study of pre-Columbian...

German 19TH Century South America Inca

7.89 Good

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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

7.74 Good

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Richard L. Burger

Richard L. Burger is an American archaeologist whose research focuses on the ancient civilizations of the central Andes,...

Modern American South America Chavin

7.53 Good

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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

7.47 Good

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Izumi Shimada

Izumi Shimada is a Japanese-born American archaeologist specializing in the pre-Columbian cultures of the Andes. He is b...

Modern South America Japanese American Sican

7.41 Good

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María Rostworowski

María Rostworowski (1915–2016) was a Polish-Peruvian historian and ethnohistorian whose research fundamentally reshaped...

20TH Century South America Peruvian Inca

7.38 Good

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Michael E. Moseley

Michael E. Moseley was an American archaeologist recognized for his extensive research on pre-Columbian societies in Sou...

American 20TH Century South America Maritime

7.37 Good

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William H. Isbell

William H. Isbell is an American archaeologist and professor who specializes in the prehistory of the Andes. He is widel...

Modern American South America Tiwanaku

7.28 Good

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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

7.26 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

7.16 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

7.13 Good

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Walter Alva

Walter Alva is a prominent Peruvian archaeologist who gained international recognition for his 1987 excavation of the Ro...

Modern South America Peruvian Moche

7.09 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

6.82 Fair

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Grete Mostny

Grete Mostny was an Austrian-born Chilean archaeologist and museum director who led Chile's National Museum of Natural H...

20TH Century South America Museum Inca

6.21 Fair

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Ricardo E. Latcham

Ricardo E. Latcham was a Chilean archaeologist and ethnologist who studied the archaeology, history, and Indigenous cult...

19TH Century South America Chilean Ethnohistory

5.99 Mediocre

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Hans Horkheimer

Hans Horkheimer was a German-Peruvian archaeologist whose research concerned pre-Columbian cultures in South America. He...

Education 20TH Century South America Pre Inca

5.91 Mediocre