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Archaeology is a discipline that was virtually unknown until the 19th century. Archaeology, originally an amateur pastime, is becoming increasingly popular, and it is now possible for archaeologists to become minor celebrities as a result of media exposure.

Well-known archaeologists include:

Mick Aston
Churchill Babington
Lewis Binford
Howard Carter
Vere Gordon Childe
Barry Cunliffe
James Deetz
Sir Arthur Evans
Alfred Foucher
William Flinders Petrie
Pere Bosch-Gimpera
Gustaf VI Adolf
Phil Harding
Donald Johansen[?]
Kathleen Kenyon
Louis Leakey
Richard Leakey
Carenza Lewis
John Manley
Pitt Rivers (Augustus Lane-Fox)
Colin Renfrew
Julian Richards[?]
Heinrich Schliemann
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
Chris Tilley[?]
Mortimer Wheeler
Leonard Woolley

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