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Caroline Stewart Steele, Ph.D.ArcheologistDr. Caroline Steele is a staff archaeologist for GRA. She received her training in Anthropology at the University of Chicago and State University of New York at Binghamton. Dr. Steele has worked for over 25 years in the Middle East and Levant. She is experienced in planning and directing archaeological excavations as well as managing and editing scholarly publications. |
Education |
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| Ph.D. 1990 |
State University of New York at Binghamton Anthropology |
| M.A. 1983 |
State University of New York at Binghamton Anthropology |
| A.B. 1973 |
Mount Holyoke College Ancient History |
Current Positions |
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| 2008- | Member of the Society for American Archaeology Ethics Committee. |
| 2007- | Assistant Director, Kilise Tepe Project, Turkey, directed by J. N. Postgate. |
| 2007- | Archaeologist and Editor, Geoarcheology Research Associates, Riverdale, New York |
| 1996- | Occasional Lecturer, Dartmouth Program for Lifelong Education, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. |
| 1989- | Assistant Director, Abu Salabikh Archaeological Expedition to Iraq, and co-editor of Abu Salabikh final Report Volume 5. |
Positions Held |
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| 2006 | Supervisory Archaeologist and Chief Editor, Regime Crimes Liaison's Office, US Department of State, Baghdad , Iraq |
| 2004-2005 | Archaeologist and Chief Editor, Regime Crimes Liaison's Office, US Department of State, Baghdad , Iraq. |
| 2003-2006 | Member, Board of Trustees, Sharon Academy, Sharon, VT. |
| 1995-2004 | Independent Scholar. |
| 1993-1995 | Director of Publications for the American Schools of Oriental Research. Concomitant with the position of Research Associate at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. |
| 1993-1994 | Assistant Editor of the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. |
| 1992 | Assistant to the Vice President for Publications of the American Schools of Oriental Research and Editorial Assistant for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. |
| 1990-1992 | Junior Research Associate (post-doctoral), Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. |
| 1980 | Research Associate, Institute for Pre- and Proto- History, University of Amsterdam. |
Awards |
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Eight Assistantships State University of New York at Binghamton (competitive awards). Sigma Chi Research Grant University Fellowship, State University of New York at Binghamton Dissertation Year Fellowship, State University of New York at Binghamton |
Publications |
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Steele, C. S. 2004. "Who Has Not Eaten Cherries with the Devil? Archaeology under Challenge", in Archaeologies of the Middle East: Rocking the Cradle, Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck, editors, Oxford: Blackwells, pp.45-65. Steele, Caroline, Helen McDonald, Roger Matthews, and Jeremy Black. 2003. "Impact of Empire", in Excavations at Tell Brak, Roger Matthews editor, Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, and British School of Archaeology in Iraq, pp.193-269. Steele, C. S. 2002. Book Review: Death by Theory by Adrian Praetzellis. Antiquity 76:293:911. Steele, C. S. (contributor). 1999. Philip's Atlas of World History, Patrick K. O'Brien, general editor, London: George Philip Limited. Steele, C. S. 1992. "Early Bronze Age Socio-Political Organization in Southwestern Jordan", Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins. Pollock, S., C. Steele, and M. Pope. 1991. "Preliminary Report of the 1990 rchaeological Investigation of the Uruk Mound at Abu Salabikh". Iraq 53:59-68. |
Regime Crimes Liaison Office Reports |
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Smith, Mark A., David. Z. C. Hines, Michael K. Trimble, Nancy J. Brighton, and Caroline Steele (editors). 2007. "Forensic Investigation of Mass Grave KAR0024, Karbala Province, Iraq" Mass Graves Investigations, Volume 7, Michael K. Trimble, series editor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, St. Louis, Missouri. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, Baghdad, Iraq. Hines, David Z. C., Mark A. Smith, and Caroline Steele (editors). 2006. "Forensic Survey Along Tar-As-Saiyid, Karbala Province, Iraq." Mass Graves Investigations, Volume 6, Michael K. Trimble, series editor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, St. Louis, Missouri. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, Baghdad, Iraq. Caroline Steele (contributing editor). 2006. "Forensic Investigation of Mass Grave KAR0008. Karbala Province, Iraq."Hines, David Z. C., Nancy Brighton, and Mark A. Smith, editors. Mass Graves Investigations, Volume 5, Michael K. Trimble, series editor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, St. Louis, Missouri. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, Baghdad, Iraq. Caroline Steele, Susan Malin-Boyce, and David Z. C. Hines (editors). 2006. "Forensic Investigations of a Mass Grave Complex Maysan Province, Iraq Mass Graves Investigations, Volume 3, Michael K. Trimble, series editor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, St. Louis, Missouri. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, Baghdad, Iraq. Caroline Steele, Susan Malin-Boyce, and David Z. C. Hines (editors). 2006. "Forensic Investigations in Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar Province Iraq". Mass Graves Investigations, Volume 4, Michael K. Trimble, series editor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, St. Louis, Missouri. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, Baghdad, Iraq. David Z.C. Hines, Susan Malin-Boyce, Mark A. Smith, and Caroline Steele (editors). 2006. "Archaeological and Forensic Reconnaissance of Potential Mass Graves Sites: Iraq,2005-2006". Reconnaissance of Potential Mass Graves Sites, Series edited by Michael K. Trimble, volume 1. Produced by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, St Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for Archaeological Curation and Collections Management. Smith, Mark A. Caroline Steele, and Michael Trimble. 2005. "Archaeological and Forensic Reconnaissance of Potential Mass Graves Site Located in Karbala Governorate, Southeast of the City of Karbala." Produced by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, St Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for Archaeological Curation and Collections Management. Caroline Steele, Susan Malin-Boyce, and David Z. C. Hines (editors). 2005. "Forensic Investigations of a Mass Grave Complex Muthanna Province, Iraq." Mass Graves Investigations, Volume 2, Michael K. Trimble, series editor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, St. Louis, Missouri. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, Baghdad, Iraq. Steele, Caroline (contributing editor). 2005. "Forensic Investigations at Two Mass Graves, Ninawa Province, Iraq," S. Chomko., D. S. Hobbie, and C. VanArsdale, editors. Mass Graves Investigations, Volume 1, Michael K. Trimble, series editor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, St. Louis, Missouri. Submitted to Department of Justice, Regime Crimes Liaison Office, Baghdad, Iraq. |
Selected Papers and Meeting Participation |
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| 2008 | Steele, Caroline and Derek Congram. "Forensic and Humanitarian Excavation of mass Graves: A Plea for a Unified Approach," paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology 2008 annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM. |
| 2007 | "Mass Grave Excavation in Iraq 2003-2006 ," paper presented at the Society of American Archaeology 2007 annual meeting, Austin, TX. |
| 2002 | "Early Dynastic Burial Practices at Abu Salabikh," paper presented at symposium: (Re)Sounding Ur: New perspectives on the Royal Tombs, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, Cambridge, MA, May 18, 2002. |
| 1995 | Session Chair, Individual Submissions to the American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 1994 | Session Chair, Reports of Current Excavations and Surveys (Non-Affiliated), 1994 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Chicago, IL. |
| 1993 | "Living with the Dead," paper presented at the Classical Colloquium, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. |
| 1990 | "Grave Location as an Expression of Social Categorization and Affiliation," paper presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of the British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology, Birmingham, UK. |
| 1983 | "Rise and Fall as a Core-Periphery Phenomenon," paper presented at the 1983 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL. |
| nd | "Excavation at Tell Qarqur Syria, 1984: Area A," with J. Flanagan and K. Bradley. |
| nd | "Ceramic Complexity: the Case of Velsen," with S. van der Leeuw. (1980: Institute of Pre and Proto-History, University of Amsterdam) |
