archaeologist

1. An anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture (synset 109824229)
   is a type of: anthropologist - a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
   subtypes:

   • egyptologist - an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology
   • paleographer, paleographist - an archeologist skilled in paleography
   • pothunter - a nonprofessional archeologist
   specific instances:

   • arthur evans, evans, sir arthur john evans - British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)
   • heinrich schliemann, schliemann - German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)
   • homer a. thompson, homer armstrong thompson, homer thompson, thompson - United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
   • sir mortimer wheeler, sir robert eric mortimer wheeler, wheeler - Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
   • johann joachim winckelmann, johann winckelmann, winckelmann - German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768)
   • sir charles leonard woolley, sir leonard woolley, woolley - English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)
   same as: archeologist

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