David J Johnson

892 SWKT
Provo, UT 84602

801-422-2965

david_johnson@byu.edu

Education

• PHD, ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIV OF UTAH, 1986
• MA, ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIV OF UTAH, 1981
• BA, CHEMISTRY, UNIV OF UTAH, 1972

Research

• The main focus of my research is on the cultures associated with the Red Sea area and there involvement in long distance trade from the earliest period through the Islamic Period. A more specific focus is on the effects of long distance trade contacts on religious ideology and social organization.

Selected Publications

• DAVID J. JOHNSON. (2001). The Wadi Mataha Excavations, Munjazat, 56.
• Lamia el-Khouri, DAVID J.JOHNSON. (2002). Excavations at Wadi Mataha, Munjazat, 37.
• David J. Johnson. (2004). Archaeological Excavations in Wadi Mataha, Munjazat, 2004, 233-234.
• Lamia el Khouri, DAVID J. JOHNSON. (2005). A New Nabataean Inscription from Wadi Mataha, Petra., Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 137, 169-174.
• David J. Johnson. (2006). Excavations in Wadi Mataha, Munjazat, Vol 5, 57.
• David J. Johnson, Deborah Harris and Julie MacDonald. (2007). Five Rock Cut Shaft Tombs from Wadi Mataha, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 51, 130-138.
• David J. Johnson. (2007). Excavations in Wadi Mataha, Munjazat, 64.

Experience

• Co-Director, American Expedition to Petra, 1990 - 2000