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.
This page shows the Archaeology and the Ancient World courses planned for the current academic year, including cross-listed courses taught in other programs at Brown.
2025 Field Reports by Brown University Students
Friday, September 19th at 4:00pm
Rhode Island Hall, Room 108
FREE and Open to the Public
Friday, September 19th at 4:00pm
Rhode Island Hall, Room 108
FREE and Open to the Public
News
September 2, 2025
News from Brown
38 accomplished scholars join Brown faculty as 2025-26 academic year begins
Representing a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds, the faculty members join the Brown community to guide student-centered learning and engage in high-impact research.
News from JIAAW
Launch of the Center for Global Antiquity
Featured Fieldwork | Koutroulou Magoula Archaeology and Archaeological Ethnography Project
Koutroulou Magoula is a multi-period archaeological site in central Greece with the main period of occupation around 6000 BCE (Middle Neolithic period). There are also burials dating to the Bronze Age (1500 BCE), and the Medieval period (c. 1200 CE). It is a finds-rich site, with buildings surviving to more than 1 m. in height, pottery, lithics, animal bones, and an impressive corpus of more than 350 clay figurines.