Julie Schlemm
German archaeologist
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Elvira Fölzer
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.
Dr Dorothy Cross
Dorothy Cross (1906-1972) was an American anthropologist and educator that specialized in pre-contact Native American sites in New Jersey, and the first female New Jersey State Archaeologist.
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon
1800s British archaeologist
Sallie Pierce Harris
Sallie Pierce Harris conducted excavations and research in seven different national monuments in the Southwest, laying the foundation for National Park Service archeology today.
Florence Hawley Ellis
Florence Hawley Ellis broke new ground in archeology through use of dendrochronology, statistical analysis, chemical analysis, ethnohistory, and ethnoarcheology — often, all together.
Graciela Salicrup
Graciela Salicrup trained as an architect and then worked as an archaeologist. She became a mathematics undergraduate at the age of 29 and went on to the become a leading topologist.
Harriet Boyd Hawes
Archeologist Harriet Boyd Hawes became the first woman to lead an archaeological expedition when she discovered the ancient town of Gournia on Crete. In later years she also served as a volunteer nurse during the Greco-Turkish War and World War I.
Caroline D Carley
American archaeologist
Betty Kingman
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Yelm Kingman was one of the first women to make significant contributions to understanding the archeological past of Rocky Mountain National Park.