Graduated from University of Chicago. Also received his M.A.,Ph.D. from the same university.

His major contribution was in the field of Andean archaeology. Wendell Clark Bennett excavated a number of important sites including:

• Tiahuanaco(Bolivia) in 1932.
• The Virú Valley survey (Peru) in 1946–7.
• Huari (Peru) in 1950.

He also discovered a new phase of highland archaeology called Chiripa, which he considered to be post-Classic and pre-Decadent Tiahuanaco. He contributed to the archaeology of Kauai when he was working as a research staff of the Bishop museum in the hawaiian islands.

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