Joan Oates

Joan Oates
FBA
Born Joan Lines
Spouse(s) David Oates (m. 1956–2004)
Children Three
Awards Fellow of the British Academy (2004)
Grahame Clark Medal for Prehistoric Archaeology (2014)
Academic work
Discipline Archaeology
Sub discipline Ancient Near East
Institutions Girton College, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

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]

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.[3][4]

Honours

In 2004, Oates was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[5] 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."[6]

Selected works

References

  1. "OATES, Dr Joan". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. "Team Members". Tell Brak. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. "Obituaries: Professor David Oates, MA, FSA, FBA (1927-2004)". Iraq. British Institute for the Study of Iraq. 66: v–vii. 2004.
  4. "David Oates; Obituary". The Times (68043). 7 April 2004. p. 26.
  5. "Dr Joan Oates". britac.ac.uk. British Academy. 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. "Grahame Clark Medal 2014". Prizes and medals. The British Academy. 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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