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Also Known As Alfred Vincent Kidder
Born October 29, 1885 • Marquette • Michigan
Died June 11, 1963 (aged 77) • Cambridge • Massachusetts
Subjects Of Study archaeology • Basketmaker • Maya • Pueblo Indians • prehistoric age
John Lloyd Stephens
American archaeologist
Carl Blegen
American archaeologist
Edward Herbert Thompson
American archaeologist
Schliemann, Heinrich
Heinrich Schliemann
German archaeologist
Édouard Lartet
French geologist and archaeologist
Henri Breuil.
Henri Breuil
French archaeologist
Boucher de Perthes, Jacques
Jacques Boucher de Perthes
French archaeologist
Worsaae
Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae
Danish archaeologist
Gertrude Caton-Thompson
British archaeologist
Robert Bruce Foote
British geologist and archaeologist
Gabriel de Mortillet
French archaeologist
Maya bloodletting
Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay
French archaeologist
Oscar Montelius
Swedish archaeologist
Christian Thomsen, oil painting by an unknown artist
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
Danish archaeologist
Robert J. Braidwood
American anthropologist
Paula Gunn Allen
Paula Gunn Allen
American author and scholar
Leslie Marmon Silko
American author
Hiram Bingham
Hiram Bingham
American archaeologist and United States senator
Elsie Clews Parsons.
Elsie Clews Parsons
American anthropologist
Gene Savoy
American explorer and religious leader