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Professor. Director of the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art.
Ph.D, University of Paris I- Sorbonne.
Research Interests
Trained as a Middle Eastern archaeologist and involved in archaeological
excavations for 35 years, I research the domestication of plants
and animals, the advent of Middle East urbanism and the varied
cultural developments in Anatolia (ancient Turkey), Syro-Palestine,
Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq), and ancient Iran-from the earliest
times to the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
For 10 years the Brown University Petra Great Temple excavations in Jordan have been under my direction, thus my primary interests concentrate on researching Nabataean cultural history. Over 100 articles have been published about this astonishing site. Various aspects of the site research have been presented in four Brown University doctoral dissertations, three M.A. theses, and six undergraduate Senior Theses-four of which have been published in peer-reviewed journals. Several documentary films have included our project, including the Arts and Entertainment Network and the Learning Channel, which have been aired worldwide.
Our research, beyond excavation, has included scientific applications
including surveying with Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
and Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Ground Penetrating Radar
(GPR), artifact studies and databases, and analyses including
Instrumental Neutron Activation (INAA), fresco pigment analysis,
palynology, marble isotopes, stone weathering, and dendrochronology.
It should come as no surprise that all of these are techniques
that are dependent upon the expertise of our team members. Our
focus has also included a multi-disciplinary digital archaeology
project and the 3D Free-Form Models for Geometric Recovery and
Applications to Archaeology, which has been underwritten by two
United States National Science Foundation Grants awarded to Brown
University.
Selected Publications
1996Early Turkey: An Introduction to the Archaeology of Anatolia from Prehistory through the Lydian Period. Kendall-Hunt, Dubuque Iowa.
1980A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology: Tools and Techniques of Field Work for Archaeologists. Prentice-Hall, 630pp. Englewood-Cliffs, New Jersey, (Eight printings, out-of-print).
1998Petra: The Great Temple, Vol. I - Brown University Excavations 1993-1997by Martha Sharp Joukowsky with contributions by Christian Augé, Deirdre Barrett, Joseph J. Basile, Jean Blackburn, Leigh-Ann Bedal, Yvonne Gerber, Elizabeth E. Payne, Erika L. Schluntz, Stephan Schmid, Michael Slaughter, David Smart, Monica Sylvester, Stephen Tracy, Loa Traxler, Terry Tullis, Peter Warnock, and Paul C. Zimmerman. 390 pp, a complete index, 400 figures and 30 color plates.
1992The Crisis Years - The 12th Century B.C.: From the Danube to the Tigris. Conference Proceedings, May 16-19 1990, Brown University; Co-editor with Dr. William Ward, Kendall-Hunt, Dubuque Iowa,188pp.
1992The Heritage of Tyre: Essays in the History, Archaeology and Preservation of Tyre. Editor, A 1988 Symposium at the Smithsonian, Kendall-Hunt, Dubuque Iowa, 208pp.
Courses Taught
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