Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (born 1949) is an American

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

known for her studies of

hydraulic engineering Hydraulic engineering as a sub-discipline of civil engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage. One feature of these systems is the extensive use of gravity as the motive force to cause the mov ...

in the ancient world. She works at

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , pro ...

as a professor of classical studies, the Kevy and Hortense Kaiserman Endowed Chair in the Humanities, and co-director of graduate studies in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies.

Education

Koloski-Ostrow has a bachelor's degree from

Upsala College Upsala College (UC) was a private college affiliated with the Swedish-American Augustana Synod (later the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church) and located in East Orange in Essex County, New Jersey in the United States. Upsala was founded in ...

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

, and a master's degree and Ph.D. from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

Books

Koloski-Ostrow's books include: *''The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems'' (University of North Carolina Press, 2015) *''The Sarno Bath Complex: Architecture in Pompeii's Last Years'' (L'Erma di Bretschneider, 1990) She is also an editor of volumes including: *''Roman Toilets: Their Archaeology and Cultural History'' (with Gemma Jansen and Eric Moormann, Peeters, 2011) *''Naked Truths: Women, Sexuality, and Gender in Classical Art and Archaeology'' (with Claire L. Lyons, Routledge, 1997)

References

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