Archaeologists And Anthropologists Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-29 · 5 entries checked · 2 flagged · 6 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 4 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

John Marshall (archaeologist) — John Marshall did not personally oversee the excavations of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro; the actual field supervision was carried out by other archaeologists such as R. D. Banerji, M. S. Vats, and K. N. Dikshit.

John Marshall (archaeologist) — The claim that he 'began allowing Indians to train as archaeologists and supervise excavations' is misleading; Indian archaeologists had been active before Marshall, though he did expand training and opportunities.

Lewis Binford — Binford's MA thesis was titled 'Archaeology as Anthropology', not 'The Cultural History of the Powhatan Indians' (the latter was his undergraduate thesis).

Lewis Binford — Binford earned both his MA (1957) and PhD (1964) from the University of Michigan, not one from UNC and one from Michigan.

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