swap_horiz Susan Pollock Alternatives

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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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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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Donald Johanson

Donald Johanson is an American archaeologist primarily known for his pivotal role in paleoanthropology. In 1974, he led...

Modern American Paleoanthropology Awash

8.21 Great

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Michael Schiffer

Michael Schiffer is a modern American archaeologist known for pioneering behavioral archaeology. His work focuses on rec...

Modern American Theory Behavioral

8.11 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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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

7.89 Good

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Patty Jo Watson

Patty Jo Watson is an American archaeologist who served as a professor at Washington University in St. Louis. She is rec...

American 20TH Century Near East Caves

7.62 Good

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Henry T. Wright

Henry T. Wright is an American anthropological archaeologist recognized for his research on the origins of complex socie...

Modern American Near East Sumer

7.56 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

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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

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Gregory Johnson

Gregory Johnson is an American archaeologist and anthropologist known for his research on the development of early compl...

American 20TH Century Near East Complexity

7.09 Good

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Reinhard Bernbeck

Reinhard Bernbeck is a German archaeologist whose work focuses on the ancient Near East, archaeological theory, and the...

German Modern Theory Mesopotamia

6.83 Fair

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Nelson Glueck

Nelson Glueck was an American rabbi, biblical scholar, and archaeologist whose fieldwork focused on the ancient Near Eas...

American Survey 20TH Century Near East

6.67 Fair