List of Archaeologists - M

M

• Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister (1870–1950) Irish; Palestine, Celtic archaeology
• Father John MacEnery (1797–1841) Irish; Paleolithic
• Richard MacNeish (1918–2001) American; Canada, Iroquois (U.S./Canada), Meso-America, discovered origins of maize
• Aren Maeir (born 1958) Israeli; Ancient Levant, Israel, Philistines
• Yousef Majidzadeh (born 19??) Iranian; Jiroft culture (Iran)
• JP Mallory (born 1945) Irish-American; Indo-European origins, proto-Celtic culture
• Sir Max Mallowan (1904–1978) British; Middle East
• John Manley (born 1952) British; Roman Britain
• Meral Manyas (born 19??) Turkish; Anatolia
• Joyce Marcus (born 19??) American; Latin America
• Auguste-Édouard Mariette (1821–1881) French; Egypt
• Spyridon Marinatos (1901–1974) Greek; Greece, Mycenaeans
• John Hubert Marshall (1876–1958) British; Indus Valley Civilization, Taxila (India), Crete
• Kathleen Martinez (born 19??) Dominican Republican; Egypt
• Marjan Mashkour (born 19??) Iranian; zooarchaeology
• J. Alden Mason (1885–1967) American; New World archaeology
• Ronald J. Mason (born 19??) Upper Great Lakes
• Gaston Maspero (1846–1916) French; Egypt
• Paul Massiera (1899–1976) French; Roman Algeria (Wilaya de Sétif, Daira de Ain Arnet)
• Therkel Mathiassen (1892–1967), Danish, Arctic region
• Alfred P. Maudslay (1850–1931) British; Mayans
• Amihai Mazar (1942- ) Israeli; Israel, Biblical archaeology
• Benjamin Mazar (1906–1995) Israeli; Israel, Biblical archaeology
• Eilat Mazar (1956- ) Israeli; Jerusalem, Pheonecians
• Gaby Mazor (1944- ) Israeli; Bet She'an (Israeli)
• August Mau (1840–1909) German; Pompeii
• Charles McBurney (1914–1979) British; Britain (Upper Paleolithic), Libya, Iran, cave art
• Robert McGhee (born 1941) Canadian; Arctic
• Randall McGuire (born 1951) American; U.S. South-West, historical archaeology, quantitative methods, cultural resource management, archaeomagnetic dating
• W. C. McKern (1892–1988) American; Americanist/theorist
• Betty Meggers (born 1921) American; South America
• Paul Mellars (born 1939) British?; Neanderthals, European mesolithic
• Jaya Menon (born 19??) Indian; India, technology
• Michael Mercati (1541–1593) Italian ; lithics
• Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870) French; French monuments
• Jerald T. Milanich (born 19??) American; U.S. south-east (Florida)
• Sarunas Milisauskas (born 19??) Old World archaeology, neolithic, Bronze Age
• Naomi Miller (born 19??) American?; Near East archaeobotanist
• René Millon (born 19??) French; highland Mesoamerica (Teotihuacan)
• Paul Minnis (born 19??) American; southwest USA (Casas Grandes), northern Mexico, environment
• Sir Ellis Minns (1874–1953) British; eastern Europe
• Oscar Montelius (1843–1921) Swedish; seriation, Europe (Scandinavia),
• Pierre Montet (1885–1966) French; Lebanon, Egypt (Tanis)
• Andrew M.T. Moore (born 19??) English; neolithic, Middle East
• Clarence Bloomfield Moore (1852–1936) American; southern United States
• Elizabeth A. Moore (born 19??) American?; Prehistoric Zooarchaeology, Middle Atlantic
• Elizabeth A. Moore (born 19??) British?; South-East Asia, hydraulic systems
• Warren K. Moorehead (1866–1939) American; prehistoric eastern United States
• Sylvanus G. Morley (1883–1948) American; Mesoamerica, especially Maya
• Dan Morse (b. 1935) American; Central Mississippi Valley
• Phyllis Morse (Anderson) (b. 1934) American; Central Mississippi Valley
• John Robert Mortimer (1825–1911) English; England (barrows)
• Peder Mortensen Danish; Prehistoric archaeology
• Sabatino Moscati (1922-997) Italian; Phoenicians
• Keith Muckelroy (1951–1980) British?; maritime archaeology
• John Mulvaney (born 1925) Australian; "Father of Australian archaeology"
• Tim Murray (archaeologist) (born 19??) Australian?; history of archaeology
• Adnan Muftarević (born 1972) Bosnian; Ottoman and Classical archaeology