Louis Malleret
French archaeologist Louis Malleret, of the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Oriente (EFEO), conducted excavations in southeast Asia in the 1940s
Bronislaw Malinowski [1884-1942]
The enormously influential Bronislaw Malinowski was born in Cracow, Poland in 1884.
Robert Armstrong Stewart Macalister
British archaeologist R.A.S. Macalister spent much of his career excavating in Syro-Palestine sites such as Tell el-Jazari
Winifred Lamb [1894-1963]
Classical archaeologist and museum curator Winifred Lamb conducted work at several sites in the Aegean and Turkey.
Alfred L. Kroeber [1876-1960]
Kroeber was another one of those researchers who had an enormous impact on archaeology, even though it was a relatively minor interest of his.
Gustaf Kossinna [1858-1931]
German archaeologist and ethnohistorian Gustaf Kossinna is widely perceived as being a tool of the megalomaniac Adolf Hitler.
Robert Koldewey [1855-1925]
Known primarily as the excavator of Babylon, German archaeologist Robert Koldewey also excavated in Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy
Alfred Vincent Kidder [1885-1963]
American archaeologist A.V. Kidder is primarily known for his work in the American southwest and with Maya sites
Ales Hrdlicka [1869-1943]
Bohemian-born physical anthropologist, Hrdlicka was a tremendously influential scientist at the Smithsonian Institution
Edith Hamilton [1867-1963]
Educator and historian Edith Hamilton had an untold effect on generations of archaeologists
Fritz Graebner [1877-1934]
German ethnologist who argued that material remains could be used to identify cultural diffusion
Hetty Goldman [1881-1972]
American classical archaeologist, excavated primarily in Asia Minor, Yugoslavia, and Turkey.
John Garstang [1876-1956]
British archaeologist, excavated at Jericho, and Sakje-Geuzu and Mersin in Anatolia
Dorothy Garrod [1892-1969]
British archaeologist and the first woman ever elected to full professorship at Cambridge, Garrod did most of her excavation work in the middle east.
Arthur Evans [1851-1941]
British archaeologist Arthur Evans is best known as the excavator of the Bronze Age archaeological site of Knossos.
Andrew Ellicott Douglass [1867-1962]
American astronomer, who with archaeologist Clark Wissler, invented the dating methodology known as dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating.
Wilhelm Dörpfeld [1853-1940]
German archaeologist William Dorpfeld is best known for his work on Bronze Age sites in the Mediterranean.
Raymond Dart [1893-1988]
Australian paleontologist Raymond Dart was working at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa when he first investigated the fossil hominid known as the "Taung baby."
V. Gordon Childe [1892-1957]
Australian-born British philosopher and archaeologist V.G. Childe is perhaps best known for his interest and influence in the realm of social evolution theory.
Gertrude Caton-Thompson [1899-1986]
English archaeologist Caton-Thompson is probably best known for her work at the Great Zimbabwe site.
Alfonso Caso [1896-1971]
Mexican archaeologist Alfonso Caso is best known for his work at Monte Alban, Mexico.
Howard Carter [1873-1939]
British archaeologist Howard Carter is probably the second most famous archaeologist ever (right after Indiana Jones) for his 1922 discovery of Tutenkhamen's tomb.
Robert Broom [1866-1951]
South African archaeologist Robert Broom specialized in the ancestors of modern humans, including work at Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, and Kromdraai.
Henri Breuil [1877-1961]
French archaeologist Henri Breuil is known as the "Pope of Prehistory," a Jesuit priest who conducted archaeological research in the Dordogne Valley of France.
James Henry Breasted [1865-1935]
American archaeologist J.H. Breasted was the founder of the Oriental Institute in Chicago.
Frederick Jones Bliss [1859-1937]
British archaeologist Frederick J. Bill is known for his work in the Levantine for the Palestine Exploration Fund.
Hiram Bingham [1875-1956]
American explorer and diplomat Hiram Bingham is best known for his work at the great Inca chiefly residence of Machu Picchu.
Gertrude Bell [1868-1926]
English archaeologist and antiquarian Gertrude Bell is considered the mother of modern Mesopotamian archaeology.
William Foxwell Albright [1891-1971]
William Foxwell Albright was long-time director of the American Schools of Oriental Resarch and is considered one of the fathers of modern archaeology.
Jorge R. Acosta
Mexican archaeologist; excavated at most of the greatest sites in Mexico including Palenque, Monte Alban, Tula, and Teotihuacan.
