Archaeologist Biographies W
Alan John Bayard Wace [1879–1957]
English archaeologist Alan J.B. Wace conducted archaeological work throughout the classical Mediterranean
Alfred Russel Wallace [1823-1913]
English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace is probably most remembered as the scientist who wrote Charles Darwin about his own ideas on natural selection, forcing Darwin to publish On the Origin of Species.
Jean Frederic Maximilien de Waldeck (1766 – 1875)
Jean Frederic Waldeck is best known for his picaresque existence and travels in Central America where he visited and recorded the ruins of Palenque and Uxmal in a distinctively a European neoclassic style
Charles Warren [1840-1927]
Charles Warren was an English archaeologist who is undoubtedly famous (or infamous, I suppose), for having conducted clandestine excavations in Jerusalem
Patty Jo Watson [born 1932]
American archaeologist Patty Jo Watson is a true pioneer in 20th century archaeology.
Carl Watzinger [1877-1948]
German archaeologist Carl Watzinger is perhaps best known for this work at Jericho between 1907 and 1908.
Karl Weber [d. 1764]
Swiss engineer and architect Karl Weber produced remarkably detailed drawings of the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneam during the late 18th century.
Waldo Rudolph Wedel [1908-1996]
American archaeologist Waldo R. Wedel was a pioneer of Plains archaeology during the WPA days, and a practioner of the 'direct historical method'.
Antonio Johnston Waring, Jr. [1915-1964]
American archaeologist Antonio Waring Jr. is probably most closely associated with the development of the trait list for the "Southern Cult".
Josiah Wedgewood [1730-1792]
Innovative British potter and businessman Josiah Wedgewood's role in archaeology came about in 1769, when he created pots based on Greek and Etruscan vases owned by the diplomat William Hamilton.
Franz Weidenreich [1873-1948]
German anatomist Franz Weidenreich is probably best known for his association with the Peking Man Homo erectus materials excavated from Zhoukoudien in the 1930s.
Calvin Bampfylde Wells [1908-1978]
British medical doctor Calvin Wells is considered by some the father of paleopathology.
Fred Wendorf [b. 1925]
American archaeologist Fred Wendorf has had an eclectic career, studying the desert climates of the American southwest and the Middle east.
Richard Wetherill
Richard Wetherill was the best known of a family of ranchers-explorers who lived in the Four Corners area of the American southwest during the late 19th century.
Robert Whallon
American archaeologist Robert Whallon is best known for his substantial publications on computer applications in archaeology, particularly quantitative analysis
Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler [1890-1976]
Sir Mortimer Wheeler had to have been the most influential public archaeologist of the middle twentieth century, as a result of his three popular television series on archaeology.
Joseph Whemple
Joseph Whemple is the name of the fictional archaeologist in the 1932 movie The Mummy.
Christine D. White [b. 1951]
Canadian bioarchaeologist Christine White has published extensively on work on paleodiets and related physical anthropological studies in Mesoamerica
Leslie A. White 1900-1975
The American anthropologist Leslie White is most closely associated with the theory of cultural evolution
Timothy D. White [born 1950]
Tim D. White is an American paleontologist, who has concentrated his career in Africa.
David Whitehouse
British archaeologist and museum director David Whitehouse is probably best known in archaeological circles for his research at Siraf.
Peter J. Whybrow [1942-2004]
British paleontologist Peter Whybrow was influential in investigations of early man in the middle east
Franz Wickhoff [1853-1909]
Austrian art historian Franz Wickhoff made archaeology news he published books and articles pointing out the importance and originality of Roman art
Theodor Wiegand [1864-1936]
German archaeologist Theodor Wiegand is perhaps best known for his excavations at Pergamum, and his innovative work with aerial photography in the late 1920s
Charles Wiener [1851-1919]
German-born diplomat Charles Wiener was sent by the French to Chile in 1882, where he became interested in the archaeology of the region.
Gordon Randolph Willey [1913-2002]
Americanist archaeologist Gordon R. Willey was truly a pioneer in the field; in fact it's really hard to know where to start.
Allan C. Wilson [1934-1991]
Native New Zealander Allan Wilson was a molecular biologist whose pioneering work in DNA studies have pretty much revolutionized the paleontological study of human origins.
Johann-Joachim Winckelmann [1717-1768]
18th century German archaeologist and art historian Johann-Joachim Winckelmann is best known among archaeologists for his support of the preservation of Pompeii
Howard Dalton Winters [1923-1994]
American archaeologist Howard Winters was probably most influential in the fleshing out of G.R. Willey's settlement patterns study.
Karl August Wittfogel [1896-1988]
German anthropologist Karl Wittfogel was a philosopher and critic of the Marxist movement of early 20th century Europe.
Hans Martin Wobst [b. 1943]
American archaeologist H. Martin Wobst is a theoretical archaologist, whose greatest contribution to the field is probably the investigation of the possible uses of styles
Milford Howell Wolpoff [b. 1942]
American paleontologist Milford Wolpoff is most closely associated with the Multiregional Hypothesis of human origins, arguing that Homo sapiens evolved from H. erectus not once but several times in many places around the world.
John Turtle Wood [ca 1820-1890]
British architect and engineer John Turtle Wood was sent by the British Museum to Ephesus, to search for the temple and eventually excavate it.
Charles Leonard Woolley [1880-1960]
Sir Leonard Woolley was a British archaeologist and an expert in Mesopotamian studies, who also acted as intelligence agent for the British during World War I.