Martha Sharp Joukowsky
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{{Short description|American archaeologist (1936–2022)}}
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Martha Sharp Joukowsky (September 2, 1936 – January, 7, 2022) was an American archaeologist and a member of the faculty of Brown University known for her fieldwork at the ancient site of Petra in Jordan.Susan E. Alcock. "Joukowsky, Martha Sharp." Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (2014), pp. 4221-4222.
Early life and education
Martha Sharp Joukowsky was the daughter of Waitstill Hastings Sharp and Martha Ingham Dickie, noted for aiding refugees, including Jews, escaping Nazi persecution in Czechoslovakia and France before and during World War II. Joukowsky was educated at Pembroke College (B.A. 1958) American University of Beirut (MA 1972) and Paris I-Sorbonne (Ph.D. 1982).
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 for more than ten years, beginning in 1992.{{cite book|author=Martha Sharp Joukowsky|title=Petra: A Royal City Unearthed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f2mEGwAACAAJ|year=2002|publisher=American Schools of Oriental Research}} Her work, and that of Brown University, focused on Petra's so-called "Great Temple" during that time.{{cite book|author=Martha Sharp Joukowsky|title=Petra Great Temple Volume I: Brown University Excavations 1993-1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yddtAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=M. Joukowsky|isbn=978-0-9668024-0-5}}
Martha Sharp Joukowsky was also elected as President (1989-1993) of the Archaeological Institute of America and was Trustee for the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.American University of Beirut - Martha S. Joukowsky http://www.aub.edu.lb/main/about/bot/Pages/joukowsky.aspx She also serves as Trustee Emerita of Brown University.
Personal life
Artemis A. W. Joukowsky, her husband, was chancellor of Brown University (1997–98)http://library.brown.edu/cds/portraits/display.php?idno=230 JOUKOWSKY, ARTEMIS A. W. (B. 1930) Role: Chancellor Dates: 1997 - 1998 Portrait Location: Sayles Hall 108 Artist: Prosperi, Lucia and Warren () Portrait Date: 1996 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 54" h x 39 3/4" w Framed Dimensions: Brown Portrait Number: 253 Brown Historical Property Number: 2207 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,{{Cite web|url=http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/2462/32/|title = New Digs}} who was succeeded in the post by Peter van Dommelen.
Joukowsky died on January 7, 2022, at the age of 85.{{Cite web |title=Prof. Martha Sharp Joukowsky, beloved and renowned, dies at 85 |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/02/prof-martha-sharp-joukowsky-beloved-and-renowned-dies-at-85 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=The Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US}}
Honours
In 1993 Joukowsky endowed an annual lecture series in her own name for the Archaeological Institute of America.Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships http://www.archaeological.org/giving/endowments/232
She accepted the Yad Vashem award on behalf of her parents in 2006.{{cite book|title=Congressional Record Volume 152-Part 13|date = February 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EOrxc10axUMC&pg=PA168|publisher=Government Printing Office|pages=168–|isbn = 9780160732805|id=GGKEY:PSY0CXEP510}}
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
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External links
- [https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/Petra/excavations/site-bibliography.html Petra Great Temple Excavations]
- [http://www.joukowsky.org/ Joukowsky Family Foundation]
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Category:People from Montague, Massachusetts
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