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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-31 · 5 entries checked · 6 flagged · 10 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 8 still open
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.
Marija Gimbutas — [contradicted] Marija Gimbutas died 1936 :: Wikidata (Q221084) records 1994. External structured source disagrees; re-derive from the source article.
Marilyn Strathern — [contradicted] Marilyn Strathern born 1972 :: Wikidata (Q435411) records 1941. External structured source disagrees; re-derive from the source article.
Mary Leakey — [contradicted] Mary Leakey died 1926 :: Wikidata (Q231111) records 1996. External structured source disagrees; re-derive from the source article.
Napoleon Chagnon — [contradicted] Napoleon Chagnon born 1959 :: Wikidata (Q1236696) records 1938. External structured source disagrees; re-derive from the source article.
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