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Dr Joan Oates FBA

Archaeology of the Ancient Near East Archaeology Mesopotamia & Babylon
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2004
Year of birth
1928
Year of death
2023
Subjects
Archaeology
Sections
Archaeology

Last post

Senior Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge

1995 -

University of Cambridge Senior Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge

1995 -

University of Cambridge Lecturer in History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

1989 - 1995

Girton College University of Cambridge Fellow, Tutor and Lecturer

1971 - 1995

Other Foreign Institutions Metropolitan Musem of Art, NYC

1954 - 1956

Archaeologist working in Iraq and Syria

1951 -

Publications

Babylon 1979, 1986, 2005

Nimrud, an Assyrian City Revealed 2001

Excavations at Tell Brak (4 volumes) 1997, 2001, and in preparation

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The archaeological study of social relations and their transformation by investigating communication as the minimum basic unit of social phenomena; investigating the linkage between archaeological practices and contemporary society

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The history, archaeology, and culture of ancient Egypt, especially the mechanics of death (funerary rituals and mummification), the role of animals, environmental change, foodways, and rock art

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Professor David Mattingly FBA

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