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Isabella Caneva - Italian specialized in the Yumuktepe Tumulus , Turkey. Retired? https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/italian-archaeologist-spends-half-century-in-excavations-in-turkey-168691 - Suggested 19 October 2021
Paul F. Jacobs - emeritus professor and former department head for both the Department of Philosophy and Religion (1988–2001) and the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures (2008–2013) at Mississippi State University; supervised excavations for the Lahav Research Project excavations at Tell Halif in Israel along with Joe D. Seger and served as field director for the Caesarea Vault Project excavations; created the Digmaster database for Lahav Project materials for the Cobb Institute of Archaeology website; [1]; [2]; [3]; [4]; [5]^{[dead link]}
Janet E. Rafferty (also Janet Rafferty) - emeritus professor of anthropology and senior research associate at the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University; North American archaeologist whose dissertation (1974, University of Washington) studied the development of the Fort Ancient culture in Kentucky; has authored dozens of publications and conference presentations, including 1 book, 29 articles, and 7 book chapters; has been awarded over $1 million in grants and cultural resource management contracts; has served as President of the Mississippi Archaeological Association (1984) and the Mississippi Association of Professional Archaeologists (1990–1991); conducted fieldwork along the Tombigbee River Valley in the 1970s and 1980s, and directed fieldwork at Owl Creek Mounds (1990–1991); faculty member at the University of Washington (1974–1976), Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (1976–1977), and Mississippi State University (1977–2014); [6]^{[dead link]}; [7];[8]; [9]
Gyaneshwer Chaubey wikidata:Q28322551 - Professor Banaras Hindu University for work on Genetics of Caste system in India, Indian Jews, Parsi, Andamanese, Romani_people, Aryan Invasion Ahom_people and COVID-19;[10][11][12][13][14][15] [16]. [17]. [18]. He played a pivotal role to solve the long mystery of Austro-Asiatic speakers of South Asia [19]
Calder Loth - Academic who is interested Classical Architecture associated with The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art.

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100 Histories of 100 Worlds in 1 Object - see A History of the World in 100 Objects
Amud 7 - notable Neanderthal fossil
Archaeology of Afikpo - Nigerian Iron Age site
Archaeostatistics - a statistical approach in archaeological themes and questions, some links: 1 2 This might be synonymous with Quantitative archaeology
Bear Gulch Ranch — Location of vast numbers of well-preserved historic Native American Pictographs & Petroglyphs near Lewistown, Montana. [20], [21], (a google search will find much more)
Farfán archaeological site (req. 2015-02-22)- a Chimu provincial center; [22]; [23];
Itaakpa - Nigerian Iron Age site
John Cowan House (One of the oldest houses in Charleston S.C.) [24]; Poston, Jonathan (1997). The Buildings of Charleston. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. p. 232.
Kursakata - Nigerian Iron Age site
Mejiro rock shelter - Nigerian Iron Age site
Santa María de Mijangos, a late antique church and necropolis in Spain [25]
Fisher Body Plant (req; 05.22.2022) - A historic building off Detroit's highways. Visible from passing drivers, a famous spectacle. In 2022 the plant was planned to be revitalized as new apartments, due to its history and location. Designed by Albert Kahn and constructed in 1919, was used by Fisher before being merged entirely into GM. The plant was later bought by Carter Color, and abandoned.
GE Mound – [26];^{[dead link]} also mentioned in a reference in archaeology
Han lacquer cup - Object 34 of A History of the World in 100 Objects (BBC 1, 2)
Hartashen Megalithic Avenue - An ancient archaeological site located near the village of Hartashen, Armenia. This site features three parallel rows of standing stones that extend over 500 meters across a high plateau, with the stones believed to date back approximately 6,000 to 8,000 years. Armenia & Nagorno Karabagh
La Cava Medieval Castle, Aglantzia-The la Cava Castle was built about in the middle of the flat peak of the hill of Mikrou Arona in the Nicosia district. It was built during 1385 A.D by king Jacob A'. The fortress was stronghold of the Nicosia district after Genouates took over the town of Famagusta.(source: https://www.cyprusisland.net/attractions/la-cava-medieval-castle-aronas-aglatzia).
Longola - archaeological site in southern Italy
Mt. Circeo 1 - notable Neanderthal fossil
origins of civilization - this is a request to synthesize the literature written on the topic of the origins of civilization and the rise of the state; this is not included in the civilization article
Pakharay - a Pashtoon area in Afghanistan
Polissoir / Grinding stone / Grindstone - Grinding stone currently redirects to Millstone but that is about stones used to grind grains while Grindstone is about stones used for grinding or sharpening ferrous tools. A polissoir to is used to grind or polish another stone object. There's info and some more on other types of grinding stone here and here. There is a mention of polissoirs in France in Grooves (archaeology).
Sutro Mansion - a.k.a. La Avanzada. Referenced in Sutro Tower and KPIX-TV Media coverage: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919589/haunted-mansion-sutro-tower-kgo-television https://sf.curbed.com/2013/2/1/10278052/from-whale-mansion-to-mega-tower
World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) - Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) initiative

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