Background
Howard-Carter, Theresa was born on May 15, 1929 in Millbrook, New York, United States. Daughter of Clarence K. and Ann (Warren) Howard-Carter.
Howard-Carter, Theresa was born on May 15, 1929 in Millbrook, New York, United States. Daughter of Clarence K. and Ann (Warren) Howard-Carter.
AB, Syracuse University, 1950; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College, 1962.
Head eproductions department, University Museum, Philadelphia, 1950-1952; student assistant ethnology department, University Museum, 1953-1955; research assistant, University Museum (Mediterranean section), 1960-1962; research associate, University Museum (Mediterranean section), 1962-1964; director Iraq excavations, University Museum (section Biblical archaeology), 1964-1966; teaching assistant, Bryn Mawr College, 1961-1962; departmental assistant, Bryn Mawr College, 1962-1963; annual professor, American School Oriental Research, Baghdad, 1965-1966; visiting lecturer department Near Eastern studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1969-1971; assistant professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1971-1975; member of staff, University of Pennsylvania Gordion Expedition, Polatli, Turkey, 1955, 57; director, University of Pennsylvania Phoenician excavations, Lepcis Magna, Homs, Libya, 1960, 61; director, Cyrenaican Coastal Survey, University of Pennsylvania, 1962; assistant director, Bryn Mawr College excavations Kara Tash, Elmali, Turkey, 1963; co-director, Tell al-Rimah Expedition, Northern Iraq, 1964-1966; collaborator for, University Museum with Soprentendenza alle Antichitá di Napoli at Pithecusa, Lacco Ameno, Ischia, 1965; field director, Sybaris project of University of Pennsylvania in, Calabria, Italy, 1968; director, Johns Hopkins expeditions to Syrian Euphrates Valley, 1972-1974; director, to Arab-Iranian Gulf, 1972-1974; research associate, Near East section University Museum, Philadelphia, 1966-1982; consultant scholar for Mesopotamia and Gulf, Near East section University Museum, Philadelphia, since 1983; chief advisory to, Kuwait National Museum, since 1980. Member United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Commision on Rock Art. Consultant grants and stewardship WildlifePreservation Trust International, since 1995.
Board directors Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, 1964-1967, chairman women's committee, 1964-1965. Docent council board Philadelphia Zoo, 1993-1996. Fellow Royal Geography Society, Archaeol.
Institute American; member American Oriental Society, American School Oriental Research, British School Archaeology in Iraq, Middle East Institute.
1 child, Laura Coffin (deceased).