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.
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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. Her work, and that of Brown University, focused on Petra's so-called "Great Temple" during that time.