Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Encyclopedia
The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World is an interdisciplinary center for research and teaching of archaeology
, particularly archaeology and art of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, and Western Asia, at Brown University
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, took up her appointment in 2006.
The Institute has continued and expanded the activities of Brown’s former Center for Old World Archaeology and Art (COWAA). COWAA was founded in 1978 by R. Ross Holloway, professor of classics, Rudolf Winkes, historian of ancient Roman art, and Martha Sharp Joukowsky.
The Joukowsky Institute moved to the newly renovated Rhode Island Hall, located on Brown University's Main Green, in September 2009.
. Other notable faculty include James P. Allen, John F. Cherry
, and Stephen D. Houston
.
. JIP I, Koine: Mediterranean Studies in Honor of R. Ross Holloway, was published by Oxbow Books in December 2009.
The Institute’s predecessor, the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art, published the series, “Archaeologia Transatlantica”, which has now ceased production.
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
, particularly archaeology and art of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, and Western Asia, at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
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History
The Joukowsky Institute was established in 2004, with a gift from Artemis Joukowsky, a former Chancellor of Brown University and Martha Sharp Joukowsky, a former associate professor of Anthropology at Brown. A new director, Susan E. AlcockSusan E. Alcock
Susan Alcock is a American archaeologist specializing in survey archaeology and the archaeology of memory in the provinces of the Roman empire. Alcock grew up in Massachusetts and was educated at Yale and the University of Cambridge....
, took up her appointment in 2006.
The Institute has continued and expanded the activities of Brown’s former Center for Old World Archaeology and Art (COWAA). COWAA was founded in 1978 by R. Ross Holloway, professor of classics, Rudolf Winkes, historian of ancient Roman art, and Martha Sharp Joukowsky.
The Joukowsky Institute moved to the newly renovated Rhode Island Hall, located on Brown University's Main Green, in September 2009.
Core Faculty
The director of the Institute is Susan E. AlcockSusan E. Alcock
Susan Alcock is a American archaeologist specializing in survey archaeology and the archaeology of memory in the provinces of the Roman empire. Alcock grew up in Massachusetts and was educated at Yale and the University of Cambridge....
. Other notable faculty include James P. Allen, John F. Cherry
John F. Cherry
John F. Cherry is an Aegean prehistorian and survey archaeologist. He is currently Joukowsky Family Professor in Archaeology and Professor of Classics at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University John F. Cherry is an Aegean prehistorian and survey...
, and Stephen D. Houston
Stephen D. Houston
Stephen Douglas Houston is an American anthropologist, archaeologist, epigrapher and Mayanist scholar, who is particularly renowned for his research into the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica...
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Current Fieldwork
- Archaeology of College Hill, Providence, RI
- Brown University Abydos Project, Egypt
- Brown University Petra Archaeological Project, Jordan
- Budsilha-Chocolja Archaeological Project, Chiapas, Mexico
- The Landscape Succession Project, Guatemala
- MonArch: Wesleyan-Brown Monastic Archaeology Project, Soissons, France
- Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat, West Indies
- Yalburt Yaylasi Archaeological Landscape Research Project, Turkey
Publications
The Joukowsky Institute's publication series, Joukowsky Institute Publications (JIP), operates under the general editorship of Professor John F. CherryJohn F. Cherry
John F. Cherry is an Aegean prehistorian and survey archaeologist. He is currently Joukowsky Family Professor in Archaeology and Professor of Classics at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University John F. Cherry is an Aegean prehistorian and survey...
. JIP I, Koine: Mediterranean Studies in Honor of R. Ross Holloway, was published by Oxbow Books in December 2009.
The Institute’s predecessor, the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art, published the series, “Archaeologia Transatlantica”, which has now ceased production.
External links
- Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
- Playing in the Sand by Eti Bonn-Muller, Archaeology Magazine, May 6, 2010
- The endangered future of the past by Christopher Witmore and Omur Harmansah, The New York Times, December 21, 2007
- Thinking of Graduate School in Classical Archaeology?, prepared by Jennifer Gates-Foster and Tim Moore, Department of Classics, The University of Texas at Austin
See also
- ArchaeologyArchaeologyArchaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
- Archaeological field surveyArchaeological field surveyArchaeological field survey is the method by which archaeologists search for archaeological sites and collect information about the location, distribution and organization of past human cultures across a large area...
- Archaeological theoryArchaeological theoryArchaeological theory refers to the various intellectual frameworks through which archaeologists interpret archaeological data. There is no one singular theory of archaeology, but many, with different archaeologists believing that information should be interpreted in different ways...
- Cultural heritageCultural heritageCultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...
- GIS in archaeology
- Graduate Programs in Archaeology
- List of archaeological periods
- List of archaeological sites sorted by country
- List of archaeologists
- PetraPetraPetra is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited...