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 the Near East, at
Brown University.
== 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. Alcock, took up her
appointment in 2006.
Peter van Dommelen succeeded Alcock, becoming
Director of the Institute in July 2015.
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 Peter van
Dommelen.
Other notable faculty include James P. Allen,
John F. Cherry, Yannis Hamilakis, and Stephen
D. Houston.
List of directorsSusan E. Alcock (2006 to
2015)
Peter van Dommelen (2015 to present)
== Current Fieldwork ==
Archaeology of College Hill, Providence, RI
Brown University Abydos Project, Egypt
Brown University Labraunda Project, Turkey
Brown University Petra Archaeological Project,
Jordan
Budsilha-Chocolja Archaeological Project,
Chiapas, Mexico
MonArch: Wesleyan-Brown Monastic Archaeology
Project, Soissons, France
Notion Archaeological Survey, Turkey
The S'Urachi Project: Cultural Encounters
and Everyday Life around a Nuraghe in Classical
and Hellenistic Times, Sardinia, Italy
Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat,
West Indies
Uronarti Regional Archaeology Project, Sudan
== Publications ==
The 
Joukowsky Institute's publication series,
Joukowsky Institute Publications (JIP), operates
under the general editorship of Professor
John F. Cherry.
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.
== See also ==
Outline of archaeology
Petra
Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology
of the Mediterranean World at the University
of Pennsylvania
