<p>newmassdad, one prominent archaeologist does not a program make, although admittedly Chicago has a couple. I strongly disagree with IB’s odd statement that Chicago is not known for archaeology, but I agree with him/her that it is not tops in the field. I would put them as follows:</p>
<p>Top 3: Arizona, Berkeley, Michigan
Other top 5: Penn, UCLA
6-10: ASU, Brown, BU, Columbia, NYU
11-15: Chicago, Cornell, Harvard, Stanford, UNC, and/or Texas A&M</p>
<p>Of course, the strength in one’s subfield is in reality what’s most important. In that case, TAMU would go to the top for underwater archaeology, UCLA would go to the top for East Asian archaeology, etc.</p>