The Joukowsky Institute and Brown University, more broadly, presently sponsor archaeological field projects in Egypt, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Sardinia, Turkey, and in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown graduate students and undergraduates are welcome to speak with the faculty directors about participating in these endeavors, or to explore other fieldwork opportunities.
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World (JIAAW) is dedicated to the academic study and public promotion of archaeology and the ancient world. We are especially focused on the archaeology and art of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, and Near East.
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World (JIAAW) is dedicated to the academic study and public promotion of archaeology and the ancient world. We are especially focused on the archaeology and art of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, and Near East.
"Inventory", the 2025-2026 Annual Report of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, is now available online.
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This page shows the Archaeology and the Ancient World courses planned for the 2026-2027 academic year, including cross-listed courses taught in other programs at Brown.
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Congratulations to Dr. Davis!
JIAAW doctoral student Liza Davis successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on July 22, 2026.
"Inventory", the 2025-2026 Annual Report of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, is now available online.
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Winners of the 2025-2026 Joukowsky Award for Student Research
Featured Fieldwork | The S'Urachi Project: Cultural Encounters and Everyday Life around a Nuraghe
First built in the Bronze Age, nuraghi, the famous stone towers of Sardinia, are usually regarded as prehistoric monuments. They continued to be inhabited throughout later millennia as well, however, and it is these later phases of the Archaic to Roman periods that are under investigation at the monumental site of S'Urachi on the central west coast of Sardinia (Italy).