Prof

Maureen Carroll
Born1953 (age 70–71)
OccupationClassical archaeologist
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of York

Maureen Carroll (born 1953) FSA is a Canadian archaeologist and academic. She is the Chair in Roman Archaeology at the University of York.

Career

Carroll received a BA in Classical Studies from Brock University and a MA in Classical Archaeology from Indiana University.[1] Carroll received a PhD in Classical Archaeology from Indiana University and Freie Universität. Carroll was subsequently based at Cologne University and the Romisch-Germanisches Museum.[2] In 1998 Carroll was appointed as a lecturer in Roman Archaeology at the University of Sheffield.[1] In 2020, she was appointed Chair of Roman archaeology at the University of York.[3]

Carroll has excavated in Italy, Germany, Britain, Cyprus and North Africa.[1] Her excavations at Vagnari, southern Italy have discovered an imperial wine-making estate.[4] She has spent several periods of research at the British School at Rome, as the Balsdon Fellow in 2007-8 and the Hugh Last Fellow 2015–16.[5] Carroll has held the position of Visiting Professor of Classics at McMaster University.[2]

Carroll's research has includes gender and dress in the Roman provinces,[6] Greek and Roman gardens,[7] Roman infancy and childhood[8] and Roman death and burial.[9] She has authored numerous monographs.

Her research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada[5] and the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust.[10]

Awards and honours

Carroll was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2008.[11]

Selected publications

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References

  1. ^ a b c Sheffield, University of. "Carroll, M - Our Staff - Archaeology - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  2. ^ a b Sheffield, University of. "Maureen Carroll - Portrait of a Woman - Staff - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. ^ York, Department of Archaeology University of; Manor, King's; York; Yo1 7ep. "Welcome to Professor Maureen Carroll!". University of York. Retrieved 2021-01-17.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Carroll, M (2016). "Is this the winery of Rome's greatest landowner?". Current World Archaeology. 76: 30–33.
  5. ^ a b "Professor Maureen Carroll awarded a prestigious grant for a two-year project on Roman lead poisoning at the site of Vagnari, Italy « The British School at Rome". www.bsr.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  6. ^ Carroll, Maureen (2012). "'The Insignia of Women': Dress, Gender and Identity on the Roman Funerary Monument of Regina fromArbeia". Archaeological Journal. 169 (1): 281–311. doi:10.1080/00665983.2012.11020916. ISSN 0066-5983.
  7. ^ Maureen., Carroll (2003). Earthly paradises : ancient gardens in history and archaeology. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. ISBN 978-0892367214. OCLC 53371861.
  8. ^ Maureen, Carroll. Infancy and earliest childhood in the Roman world : 'a fragment of time'. Oxford. ISBN 9780192524331. OCLC 1029252092.
  9. ^ Maureen., Carroll (2011). Spirits of the dead : Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199603992. OCLC 656767886.
  10. ^ "Small Research Grants: 2011-12 Round | The British Academy". The British Academy. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  11. ^ "Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries". www.sal.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
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