archeologist | | |
n. (person) | 1. archaeologist, archeologist | an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture. |
| ~ anthropologist | a social scientist who specializes in anthropology. |
| ~ egyptologist | an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology. |
| ~ paleographer, paleographist | an archeologist skilled in paleography. |
| ~ pothunter | a nonprofessional archeologist. |
| ~ arthur evans, sir arthur john evans, 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). |
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