Sharon R. Steadman is Professor of Anthropology, Coordinator for the International Studies Program, and Director of the Rozanne M. Brooks Museum, all at SUNY Cortland, USA. In addition to her work at the university, Steadman is the editorial assistant of Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research and Director of the Prehistoric Project at Cadir Hoyuk, Turkey. She is author of the leading textbook on Archaeology of Religion and numerous research articles.