- Max Uhle (1856-1944) Prehistoric Nasca embroidered child's tunic fragment, Peru; 16-19107 Max Uhle is considered the father of archaeology in South America because of the unparalleled amount of time and research that he has devoted to the development of South American archaeology. The majority of his contributions to the study of Western South America are the amount of artifacts that he amassed ...www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/biography/arybios98/morrisbio.html