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ARCHAEOLOGIST

Lewis Binford

1932 - 2011

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Lewis Roberts Binford (November 21, 1931 – April 11, 2011) was an American archaeologist known for his influential work in archaeological theory, ethnoarchaeology and the Paleolithic period. He is widely considered among the most influential archaeologists of the later 20th century, and is credited with fundamentally changing the field with the introduction of processual archaeology (or the "New Archaeology") in the 1960s. Binford's influence was controversial, however, and most theoretical work in archaeology in the late 1980s and 1990s was explicitly construed as either a reaction to or in support of the processual paradigm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Binford has received more than 169,067 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lewis Binford is the 98th most popular archaeologist (down from 87th in 2019), the 6,592nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,566th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Archaeologist.

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  • 21

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Lewis Binford ranks 98 out of 104. Before him are Zakaria Goneim, Dorothea Bate, Dorothy Garrod, Sylvanus Morley, James Prinsep, and James Mellaart. After him are Michael D. Coe, Carl Blegen, Ekrem Akurgal, John O. Westwood, Robert John Braidwood, and Robert T. Bakker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Lewis Binford ranks 306. Before him are Antti Hyvärinen, Michel Leblond, Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, Irma Johansson, Ferenc Sipos, and Paul J. Weitz. After him are Peter Blake, Frank Beyer, Richard Herd, Oliver Nelson, Josef Musil, and Lyudvig Chibirov. Among people deceased in 2011, Lewis Binford ranks 274. Before him are Gunnar Fischer, Georg Sterzinsky, Geraldine Ferraro, Iya Savvina, Tore Sjöstrand, and Anna Massey. After him are Alenush Terian, Francesco Quinn, Adrián Escudero, Jean Bartik, Robert Lamoureux, and Klaus-Dieter Sieloff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Binford ranks 6,592 out of 18,182. Before him are Garret Dillahunt (1964), Louise Brough (1923), David Twohy (1955), Zack de la Rocha (1970), Joe Hahn (1977), and Noah Emmerich (1965). After him are Brian Hyland (1943), Arlie Russell Hochschild (1940), Leonard Rosenman (1924), Oscar Pettiford (1922), Sheryl Sandberg (1969), and Ethel Catherwood (1908).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Lewis Binford ranks 9. Before him are Robert Ballard (1942), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), James Henry Breasted (1865), Edward Robinson (1794), Donald Johanson (1943), and Sylvanus Morley (1883). After him are Michael D. Coe (1929), Carl Blegen (1887), Robert John Braidwood (1907), Robert T. Bakker (1945), Charles W. Gilmore (1874), and Stith Thompson (1885).

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