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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J Norman Emerson
Supervised two mound excavations at the Kincaid site, Illinois, for ...
J. Desmond Clark
Clark ordered an excavation at Kalambo Falls, a 235m high, ...
J. Norman Emerson
Norman Emerson's prodigious excavations at nearly 50 sites helped expose ...
Jacques Boucher de Perthes
JBoucher de Perthes, was a notable for his discovery, ...



Jacques de Morgan
in his early age, became a ...
James A. Bennyhoff
In 1990, The Society for California Archaeology (SCA) presented James ...
James Burton
Between 1815 and 1822 Burton work for the architect Sir ...
James C. Chatters
James C. Chatters is an affiliate research associate professor at ...
James Clifford
Recent honors and grants of James Clifford include: 2004:Doctor of Letters, ...
James D. Tabor
Tabor is the author of four books and numerous scholarly ...
James E. Quibell
He was appointed to the Catalogue Commission of the Egyptian ...
James Fanto Deetz
James Deetz was often known as one of the fathers ...
James Henry Breasted
Breasted was in the forefront of the generation of archeologist-historians ...
James M. Adovasio
James M. Adovasio is the director of the anthropology and ...
James Owen Dorsey
James Owen Dorsey work contributed much to Powell's classification system ...
James Verne Dusenberry
James Verne Dusenberry's doctoral thesis, "The Montana Cree, a Study ...
Janet Davidson
Davidson has published extensively on the prehistory of New Zealand ...
Jean Carl Harrington
Harrington's background in both architecture and archaeology made him a ...
Jean Francois Champollion
Following the modest success of the English physicist Thomas Young ...
Jean Frederick Waldeck
Waldeck made two major contributions to society. The first contribution, ...
Jean-Marie Benoist
Benoist wrote several books, including: “Tyrannie du Logos” “Les Outils de la ...
Jim Eyles
In 1939 as a 13 year old schoolboy, he discovered ...
Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta
Joaquin Garcia collected historical documents and translated them for the ...
Johan Gunnar Andersson
He participated in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901 to ...
John Aubrey
John Aubrey was England's first archeologist. The discovery of Stonehenge was ...
John Canfield Ewers
In 1965 he was the first recipient of the Smithsonian ...
John Chadwick
After Ventris' death Chadwick became the figurehead of the Linear ...
John Comaroff
John Comaroff was awarded the Anders Retzius Gold Medal from ...
John Desmond Clark
In 1953 Dr. Clark discovered an incredible site,Kalambo Falls. This ...
John Dollard
John Dollard proposed the theory of aggression,"Frustration aggression theory". He summarized ...
John Gardner Wilkinson
Wilkinson, who first went to Egypt in 1822. He his ...
John Lawrence Angel
Dr.John Lawrence Angel was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1948. ...
John Lubbock
He is noted for publishing the most influential archaeological book ...
John Marco Allegro
Allegro's thirteen books include : The Dead Sea Scrolls (1956). The Treasure ...
John William Dawson
Sir William Dawson's name is especially associated with Eozoon canadense, ...
Jonathan Ogden Davis
Davis's Ph.D. dissertation was on Quaternary Tephrochronology of Lake Lahontan, ...
Jose Maria Arguedas
Selected works of Jose Maria Arguedas include: Deep Rivers(2002) ...
Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbell was best known for his work in ...
Joseph L. Chartkoff
Joseph L. Chartkoff was a founding member of the ...
Juan B. Ambrosetti
Juan B. Ambrosetti is called the "Father of Folk Science". ...
Julio Caro Baroja
Julio Caro Baroja received the following awards: The Prince of Asturias ...
John Adair
John Adair, best known for work in visual anthropology. He is ...
John Drake
John Drake coauthored Black Metropolis(1946), a landmark study of Chicago's ...
John Leland Champe
John was wedded to Flavia Waters on December 27, 1924. ...
Jorge Acosta
Mexican archaeologist Jorge R. Acosta excavated at most of the ...
Joseph B. Casagrande
Honors and Fellowships: Phi Beta Kappa, 1937. Wisconsin Scholar,1938-39. Demobilization Award, Social Science ...
Joseph Ralston Caldwell
Joseph Ralston Caldwell conducted major excavations in the Savannah, Georgia ...
Julia M. Cruikshank
Books published by Cruikshank include: Life Lived Like a Story: Life ...