Maureen Carroll

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

Prof Maureen Carroll
Born	1953 (age 71–72)
Occupation	Classical archaeologist
Academic work
Institutions	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

• Infancy and Earliest Childhood in the Roman World. ‘A Fragment of Time’. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018
• M. Carroll and E-J. Graham (eds.), Infant Health and Death in Roman Italy and Beyond (Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Volume 96), Portsmouth, R.I., 2014
• Spirits of the Dead. Roman Funerary Commemoration in Western Europe (Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006; paperback 2011
• Earthly Paradises. Ancient gardens in History and Archaeology. London: British Museum Press, 2003
• Romans, Celts and Germans: The German Provinces of Rome. Stroud: Tempus, 2001

References

1. Sheffield, University of. "Carroll, M - Our Staff - Archaeology - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
2. 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. "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.