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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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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

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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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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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

8.14 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

8.11 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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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

7.91 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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David J. Meltzer

David J. Meltzer is an American archaeologist whose research examines the first human settlement of North America and th...

Modern American North America Paleoindian

7.47 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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James M. Adovasio

James M. Adovasio is an American archaeologist best known for his direction of excavations at Meadowcroft Rockshelter, a...

Modern American North America Paleoindian

7.13 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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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