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Peter Van Dommelen is the Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Anthropology at Brown University, affiliated with the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. His research focuses on the Indigenous Mediterranean past, particularly Sardinia, examining rural societies and colonial interactions during the first millennium BCE. He holds degrees from Leiden University (MA 1990, PhD 1998) and UCL (1990-91), and previously taught at the University of Glasgow (1997–2012). He directed the Joukowsky Institute from 2015–2023 and has held visiting appointments at Valencia, Cagliari, the Balearics, Berlin, and Barcelona.
- Co-editor of Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology and former co-editor of Archaeological Dialogues.
- Notable work includes Rural Landscapes of the Punic World (2008) and ongoing fieldwork in Sardinia, uncovering Indigenous material culture resilience under colonial influence.
His research emphasizes postcolonial theory, challenging classical archaeology’s colonial narratives by highlighting local agency in cultural hybridization processes. Current projects include a Sardinian topographic guide with his spouse, Ayla Çevik.
