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20th century Irish local historian

US archaeologist at Mesa Verde National Park & Colonial National Historical Park, 1935 – 1938

Bertha Dutton was an archeologist and ethnologist whose research focused on Mesoamerica and the southwestern United States.

American archaeologist and WWI nurse

Considered to be the first female archaeologist in Germany

Museum’s custos and may be considered the first female archaeologist in a paid position in Germany.

The first female museum director in a prehistoric collection connected to the University of Kiel.

Austro-Hungarian aristocrat known for her archaeological excavations in Slovenia and Austria in the early 1900s.

German archaeologist

The first female archaeologist in Germany awarded a PhD, which was also the only way to finish a study program in archaeology at that time.