Joan Oates

Joan Oates
FBA
Born
Joan Louise Lines

(1928-05-06)6 May 1928
Watertown, New York, U.S.
Died3 February 2023(2023-02-03) (aged 94)
Spouse
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(m. 1956⁠–⁠2004)​
ChildrenThree
AwardsFellow of the British Academy (2004)
Grahame Clark Medal for Prehistoric Archaeology (2014)
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-disciplineAncient Near East
InstitutionsGirton College, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

Joan Louise Oates, FBA (née Lines; 6 May 1928 – 3 February 2023) was an American-British 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. From 1995 she was a Senior Research Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.[1] From 2004 she was director of the excavations of Tell Brak, having been co-director, with her husband, David Oates, between 1988 and 2004.[2]

  1. ^ "OATES, Dr Joan". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Team Members". Tell Brak. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Retrieved 14 March 2015.