Famous Archaeologists worldwide

Archaeology is the scientific study of past human lives and activities through material objects. There are many great men and women archaeologists that have contributed significantly to the field of archaeology. This page provides a short and snappy list of famous archaeologist throughout the globe categorized alphabetically. You can also view the archaeologist categorized on the basis of country by using the link above.

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Abdul Hamid El-Zein
Throughout his career el-Zein earned many distinctions, awards, and fellowships. ...
Abolfazl Aali
He is the director of the archaeological exactions at the ...
Adolf Bastian
Adolf Bastian is known as a founder of ethnography. odern ...
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
The Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico ...



Adolphe Napoleon Didron
He examined the art of the Eastern Church, both in ...
Aidan Cockburn
Aidan’s most well known work is the compilation and ...
Aidan Dodson
Dr. Dodson's area of expertise was in Egyptian funerary equipment ...
Akira Y. Yamamoto
Awards: Akira Y.Yamamoto’s first major award came in 1985 when he ...
Akurgal Ekrem
He was a well-known and internationally famous Turkish archaeologist. He worked ...
Alan Dundes
Awards In 1994, he won the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award, ...
Alan Walker
Alan Walker was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship "genius grant" ...
Alessandro Duranti
Alessandro Duranti's books include From Grammar to Politics: Linguistic Anthropology ...
Alexander F. Chamberlain
Alexander F. Chamberlain was editor of the Journal of ...
Alexander Marshack
He rose to public prominence after the publication of The ...
Alexandre Piankoff
He became concerned in Egyptology as ...
Alfonso Caso Andrade
Alfonso Caso Andrade was an archaeologist who made major contributions ...
Alfred Lucas
For nine seasons Alfred Lucas worked closely with Howard Carter ...
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace was considered the 19th century's leading expert ...
Alfredo Chavero
Chavero's most famous discovery was in 1887, when he found ...
Alison Sheridan
Alison Sheridan is Head of Early Prehistory in the National ...
Amelia Ann Edwards
He toured Egypt, determining a fascination with the land and ...
Andrew  Colin Renfrew
He is known for his work on radiocarbon dating, the ...
Andrew Ellicott Douglass
Douglass discovered a possible relationship between climate and plant growth. Douglass ...
Angie Debo
Angie Debo's dissertation was published by the University of Oklahoma ...
Anthony Francis Clarke Wallace
Anthony Wallace received the Bancroft Prize for Rockdale: The Growth ...
Antonio Goubaud Carrera
Goubaud was among the first generation of Guatemalan anthropologists to ...
Arthur Dale Trendall
He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Master of University House at ...
Arthur Demarest
Arthur A. Demarest is an accredited anthropologist. He has discovered an ...
Arthur Mace
Dr. Arthur Mace, Assistant Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New ...
Arturo Escobar
Arturo has a lot of field work knowledge. He ...
Athanasius Kircher
He did make an early study of Egyptian hieroglyphs, appropriately ...
Auguste  Mariette
Auguste Mariette, one of the best ...
Augustus Pitt Rivers
Rivers was known as the "Father of British Archaeology," ...
Avraham Biran
He headed the Institute of Archaeology at Hebrew Union College ...
Alice Blyth Child
Alice Blyth Child is known for the book she co-authored ...
Allan Donald Coult
Coult was described as one of anthropology's most original and ...