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Elizabeth P. Benson is an American art historian and archaeologist who specialized in the study of pre-Columbian art, particularly the iconography and visual culture of the Moche civilization of ancient Peru. She served as curator of the Pre-Columbian collection at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C. Her scholarship helped establish the systematic study of Moche art, including its depictions of ritual, warfare, and ceremonial themes.
She contributed to numerous edited volumes on ancient American art throughout her career.
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Elizabeth P. Benson ranks #138 of 185 in the Archaeologist ranking, behind Norman Hammond, ahead of Ruth Shady.
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