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Howard Carter

The discovery of Tutankhamun's nearly intact tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings made Howard Carter a central figure in...

20TH Century British Excavation Egyptology

8.69 Great

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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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Louis Leakey

Louis Leakey helped establish Africa's central place in the study of human origins through twentieth-century archaeologi...

20TH Century Paleoanthropology Hominin Olduvai

8.51 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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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

8.39 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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Mary Leakey

Mary Leakey was a British archaeologist specializing in paleoanthropology. Her work significantly advanced our understan...

20TH Century British Paleoanthropology Hominin

8.30 Great

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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

8.29 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

8.26 Great

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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

8.23 Great

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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

8.20 Great

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Li Ji

Li Ji was a 20th-century Chinese archaeologist whose work profoundly shaped the field. He spearheaded crucial excavation...

20TH Century Chinese Asian Shang

8.11 Great

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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

8.11 Great

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Paul Pelliot

Paul Pelliot was a French archaeologist and sinologist primarily known for his extensive work excavating and documenting...

French 20TH Century Asian Dunhuang

7.99 Good

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Marija Gimbutas

Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994) was a prominent Lithuanian-American archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research...

European 20TH Century Neolithic Lithuanian American

7.80 Good

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Aurel Stein

Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862–1943) was a Hungarian-born British archaeologist and explorer renowned for his extensive expe...

20TH Century Asian Central Asia Silk Road

7.80 Good

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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