swap_horiz Albert C. Spaulding 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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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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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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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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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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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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Michael D. Coe

Michael D. Coe was a prominent 20th-century American archaeologist dedicated to the study of Mesoamerica. His research s...

American 20TH Century Maya Mesoamerica

8.01 Great

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Su Bingqi

Su Bingqi was a 20th-century Chinese archaeologist whose work significantly advanced our knowledge of Neolithic China. H...

Theory 20TH Century Chinese Asian

8.01 Great

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Samuel Noah Kramer

Samuel Noah Kramer was an influential Assyriologist who specialized in the translation and interpretation of Sumerian cu...

American 20TH Century Sumerian Cuneiform

7.93 Good

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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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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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Alfred V. Kidder

Alfred V. Kidder was an American archaeologist whose fieldwork helped establish systematic methods for studying the anci...

American 20TH Century North America Peabody

7.87 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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James A. Ford

James A. Ford was an American archaeologist instrumental in developing systematic, quantitative methods for ceramic seri...

American 20TH Century North America Mississippi

7.07 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