Best Paleoindian
Tom Dillehay is a modern American archaeologist whose work significantly advanced our understanding of paleoindian cultures. His extensive excavations at the Monte Verde site in Chile revealed evidence of human occupation dating back over fifteen thousand years – substantially predating previously a...
Richard S. MacNeish was a 20th-century American archaeologist recognized for his extensive fieldwork in Mesoamerica and the American Southwest. He is most famous for his excavations in the Tehuacán Valley of Mexico, where he uncovered the archaeological sequence of domesticated maize evolution, fund...
David J. Meltzer is an American archaeologist whose research examines the first human settlement of North America and the lives of hunter-gatherers during the late Ice Age. His work addresses Paleoindian archaeology, Clovis technology, ancient environments, and the evidence used to evaluate proposed...
James M. Adovasio is an American archaeologist best known for his direction of excavations at Meadowcroft Rockshelter, a pre-Clovis archaeological site in southwestern Pennsylvania. The site yielded evidence of human occupation potentially dating back as far as 16,000 years, contributing significant...
Venezuelan archaeologist who pioneered modern archaeology in Venezuela, notably discovering early preceramic sites like El Jobo and collaborating with Irving Rouse.
