Martha Sharp Joukowsky (2 September 1936 - 7 January 2022) was a Near Eastern archaeologist and a retired member of the faculty of

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known for her fieldwork at the ancient site of Petra in Jordan.

Early life and education

Martha Sharp Joukowsky was the daughter of Waitstill Hastings Sharp and Martha Ingham Dickie, noted for aiding Jews escaping Nazi persecution in Czechoslovakia during

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. Joukowsky was educated at Pembroke College (B.A. 1958)

American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB) ( ar, الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, aut ...

(MA 1972) and Paris I-Sorbonne (Ph.D. 1982). Jordan1261

Academic career

From 1982 to 2002 Joukowsky was Professor in the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art and the Department of Anthropology at Brown University. Her archaeological fieldwork has included work in Lebanon (1967-1972), Hong Kong (1972-1973), Turkey (1975-1986), Italy (1982-1985), and Greece (1987-1990). Joukowsky conducted archaeological fieldwork at Petra in Jordan for more than ten years, beginning in 1992. Her work, and that of Brown University, focused on Petra's so-called "Great Temple" during that time. Martha Sharp Joukowsky was also elected as President (1989-1993) of the

Archaeological Institute of America The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is North America's oldest society and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology. AIA professionals have carried out archaeological fieldwork around the world and AIA has established re ...

and was Trustee for the

, Lebanon. She also serves as Trustee ''Emerita'' of Brown University.

Personal life

Artemis A. W. Joukowsky, her husband, was chancellor of Brown University (1997–98) and together they created the Artemis A.W. and Martha Sharp Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University in 2004; the institute was first directed by Susan Alcock, who was succeeded in the post by Peter van Dommelen.

Honours

In 1993 Joukowsky endowed an annual lecture series in her own name for the

. She accepted the

Yad Vashem Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...

award on behalf of her parents in 2006.

Selected publications

#1980. ''A complete manual of field archaeology: tools and techniques of field work for archaeologists''. Englewood Cliffs (NJ): Prentice-Hall. #1988. The young archaeologist in the oldest port city in the world. Beirut: Dar el-Machreq. #1996a. ''Early Turkey: an introduction to the archaeology of Anatolia from prehistory through the Lydian period''. Dubuque (IA): Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. #1996b. ''Prehistoric Aphrodisias: an account of the excavations and artifact studies''. Providence (RI): Brown University, Center for Old World Archaeology and Art. #1998. ''Petra Great Temple: Brown University excavations, 1993-1997''. Providence (RI): Brown University Petra Exploration Fund. #Cohen, G. & M.S. Joukowsky. (ed.) 2004. ''Breaking ground: pioneering women archaeologists''. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. #2007. ''Petra Great Temple, Volume II: archaeological contexts of the remains and excavations''. Providence (RI): Brown University Petra Exploration Fund.

References

External links

Petra Great Temple Excavations

Joukowsky Family Foundation
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