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James Alfred Ford (February 12, 1911–February 25, 1968) was an American archaeologist. He was born in Water Valley, Mississippi, in February 1911.While growing up in the region, where ancient earthwork mounds are visible, he became interested in work on the ancient Native American cultures who built these works.
A hoax: according to an informal declaration by Paul Schmidt, an archaeologist at UNAM, the head was planted in the site by a participating archaeologist, Hugo Moedano, in an attempt to play a practical joke on José García Payón, supervisor of the dig.
He is perhaps the most influential character in films that explore archaeology. Since the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, the very idea of archaeology and archaeologists has fundamentally shifted. Prior to the film's release, the stereotypical image of an archaeologist was that of an older, lackluster professor type.
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He served as the director of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem (2014–2022), [2] [3] and is the current president of American Archaeology Abroad, Inc. [4] [5] [6] He has worked on several archaeological projects in the past, and is currently director of the Jezreel Valley Regional Project, [7] Co-Director of the ...
Parker Pearson was born in 1957, in Wantage, Berkshire. [4] [5] He would later inform interviewers that he first took an interest in the past when searching for fossils in his father's driveway gravel aged 4, extending that interest into the human past aged 6 when he read a library book entitled Fun with Archaeology. [6]
Hershel Shanks (March 8, 1930 – February 5, 2021) was an American lawyer and amateur biblical archaeologist who was the founder and long-time editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review. For more than forty years, he communicated the world of biblical archaeology to general readers through magazines, books, and conferences.