Joan Oates
Joan Oates, FBA (née Lines) is an American archaeologist and academic, specialising in the Ancient Near East. From 1971 to 1995, she was a fellow and tutor of Girton College, Cambridge and a lecturer at the University of Cambridge. Since 1995, she has been a Senior Research Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.[1] Since 2004, she has been director of the excavations of Tell Brak; she was Co-Director, with her husband David Oates, between 1988 and 2004.[2]
In 2014, she was awarded the Grahame Clark Medal for Prehistoric Archaeology by the British Academy. The citation read: "to recognise her reputation as one of the leading authorities on Mesopotamian prehistory as well as her fundamental contributions to our understanding of ancient Near Eastern Civilisation."[3]
Personal life
While participating in the excavation of Nimrud, she met David Oates (1927–2004). They married in 1956 and together had three children. They have collaborated on a number of archaeological publications and excavations.[4][5]
Works
- Oates, David; Oates, Joan (1976). The rise of civilization. Oxford: Elsevier. ISBN 072900015X.
- Oates, Joan (1986). Babylon (Rev. ed.). New York, N.Y.: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0500273847.
- Oates, Carolyn; Postgate, Carolyn; Oates, David (1997). The excavations at Tell al Rimah: the pottery. Warminster: British School of Archaeology in Iraq. ISBN 0856687006.
- Oates, David; Oates, Joan; McDonald, Helen (1998). Excavations at Tell Brak: Vol. 1: The Mitanni and Old Babylonian periods. Cambridge: McDonald Institute. ISBN 0951942050.
- Oates, David; Oates, Joan; McDonald, Helen (2001). Excavations at Tell Brak: Vol. 2: Nagar in the third millennium BC. Cambridge: McDonald Institute. ISBN 9780951942093.
- Oates, Joan; Oates, David (2001). Nimrud: an Assyrian imperial city revealed. London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq. ISBN 0903472252.
References
- ↑ "OATES, Dr Joan". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ "Team Members". Tell Brak. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ "Grahame Clark Medal 2014". Prizes and medals. The British Academy. 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Obituaries: Professor David Oates, MA, FSA, FBA (1927-2004)". Iraq (British Institute for the Study of Iraq) 66: v–vii. 2004.
- ↑ "David Oates; Obituary". The Times (68043). 7 April 2004. p. 26.