Rose L. Solecki (born November 18, 1925) was an American archaeologist, who worked with her husband Ralph Solecki on excavations in Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Sudan.
Rose Solecki | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rose Muriel Lilien November 18, 1925 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
| Spouse | Ralph Solecki |
| Relatives | John Solecki, William Solecki (sons) |
Early life
Rose Muriel Lilien was born in New York City, the daughter of Israel Lilien and Anna Muchel Lilien. Her father was born in Poland.[1] Her brothers Harry and Sidney were baseball card collectors before World War II.[2] She earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Hunter College in 1945, and her master's and doctoral degrees from Columbia University.[3] While she was a graduate student at Columbia, she participated in archaeological excavations in Arizona under the supervision of Emil W. Haury,[4][5] and in Peru under the supervision of William Duncan Strong.[6] She wrote A Study of Central Andean Ceramic Figurines (1981) based on her doctoral research.[7]
Career
Rose Solecki joined her husband's excavation of the Shanidar cave sites in Iraq between 1956 and 1960.[8][9] The sites contained rich evidence of Neanderthal life,[10] including several complete skeletons.[11][12] They also had archaeological projects in Lebanon, Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Sudan. Until Ralph Solecki's retirement in 1990, she was a research associate affiliated with Columbia University; from 1990 to 2000, Rose Solecki was Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University.[3]
The Soleckis co-authored many scholarly articles, and The Proto-Neolithic Cemetery in Shanidar Cave (2004, with Anagnostis P. Agelarakis), based on their years of work in Iraq.[13] Rose Solecki also wrote Tepe Seavan, a Dalma Period Site in the Margavar Valley, Azerbaijan, Iran (1973)[14] and An Early Village Site at Zawi Chemi Shanidar (1981).[15]
Personal life
Rose married Ralph Solecki in 1955.[16] They had two sons, John Solecki (a United Nations official)[17][18] and William Solecki (a geography professor).[19] Ralph Solecki died in 2019, aged 101 years. The Soleckis' papers, and a 2018 oral history with both of them,[20] are archived in the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.[3] Columbia University gives an annual Ralph and Rose Solecki Award, for an archaeology student chosen by the faculty.[21]
References
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