Lorraine Copeland

Lorraine Copeland
Born
Elizabeth Lorraine Adie

(1921-05-19)May 19, 1921
Marylebone, London, England
Died27 April 2013(2013-04-27) (aged 91)
Dordogne, France
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchSpecial Operations Executive
Office of Strategic Services
Service years1940–1942
RankField agent
AwardsMBE
Relations
Other workArchaeology

Lorraine Copeland (née Elizabeth Lorraine Adie; 19 May 1921 London – 27 April 2013)[1] was a British archaeologist specialising in the Palaeolithic period of the Near East. She was a secret agent with the Special Operations Executive during World War II.

Early life

Elizabeth Lorraine Adie was born May 19, 1921, in Marylebone, London.[1] Her father, William John Adie (1886–1935), an Australian-born British physician and neurologist known for describing the Adie syndrome and narcolepsy. He practiced medicine in London on Harley Street. Elizabeth Lorraine Adie was privately educated at Wycombe Abbey girls' school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.[2]

Special operations executive

Copeland worked for British Intelligence during the Second World War, in the Special Operations Executive.[3] She met her American husband, Miles Copeland, Jr., during this period, when he was based in the UK undertaking counter-intelligence for the US Army Counter Intelligence Corps. They married on 25 September 1942 and soon afterwards Miles' work took them to the Near East, particularly Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, and it was whilst in this area that Copeland first developed her interest in archaeology. They held a church wedding September 25, 1943, at Holy Trinity Church, near Harley Street, London.[4][5][6]

Archaeology

Copeland worked in the field of Palaeolithic and Neolithic archaeology for over fifty years, and was associated with the University College London Institute of Archaeology. Accompanied by Peter J. Wescombe she co-compiled three volumes titled "Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon". Volume 1 (1965) covered the central portion of the western coast from Tripoli to the North bank of the Litani River. Volume 2 (1966) provided an inventory of Stone Age sites in Southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley, expanding on the discovery of the Heavy Neolithic Qaraoun culture, named by Henri Fleisch.[7][8] Volume 3 was published in 1997.[9] She was an adviser to the Stone Age Institute.[10] In 2004 the festschrift, From the River to the Sea: The Palaeolithic and the Neolithic on the Euphrates and in the Northern Levant, was published in her honour.[11][12]

Archaeological sites investigated by Copeland

Lebanon

Mayrouba § Mayrouba I
Mayrouba § Mayrouba IV
Mayrouba § Mayrouba VI
Beqaa Valley (Lebanon)
Qaraoun § Qaraoun I (Left Bank)
Qaraoun § Qaraoun II (Right Bank)
Qaraoun § Qaraoun III (Ain el Barde)
  • Rayaq § Archaeology
  • Ras Baalbek (Rock Shelter) ★
  • Tahun ben Aissa ★
  • Tell Aalaq
  • Tell Ablah
  • Tell Addus
  • Tell Ahle
  • Tell Ain Cerif
  • Tell Ain Ghessali
  • Tell Ain Nfaikh ★
  • Tell Ain Sofar
  • Tell Ayoub
  • Tell Bar Elias
  • Tell Beshara
  • Tell Bir Dakoue
  • Tell Deir
  • Tell Delhamieh
  • Tell Derzenoun
  • Tell El Ghassil
  • Tell El Hadeth
  • Tell Hazzine
  • Tell Hoch Rafqa
  • Tell Jezireh
  • Tell Jisr ★
  • Tell Kabb Elias
  • Tell Karmita
  • Tell Majdaloun
  • Tell Masoud
  • Tell Meouchi
  • Tell Murtafa
  • Tell Nahariyah
  • Tell Neba'a Chaate
  • Tell Neba'a Litani
  • Tell Rasm El Hadeth
  • Tell Rayak
  • Tell Saoudhi
  • Tell Serhan
  • Tell Shaikh Hassan al Rai
  • Tell Shamsine
  • Tell Zeitoun

Syria

  • El Kowm

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★ Indicates sites discovered or first recorded by Copeland, sometimes with collaborators.

Family

Copeland married Miles on 25 September 1942 at St Mary's Church, Great Portland Street, London. The couple had four children, all of whom went on to have notable careers:

  1. Their eldest son Miles Copeland III (born 2 May 1944) is an executive in the entertainment industry.
  2. Ian Copeland (1949–2006) was a music promoter and booking agent.
  3. Lorraine "Lennie" Copeland is a writer and film producer.
  4. Stewart Copeland (born 16 July 1952) is a musician best known as the drummer for the band The Police.

Her husband Miles died on 14 January 1991.[13] Lorraine Copeland died at Château de Marouatte (Marouatte Castle), Dordogne, France, on 27 April 2013.[14] Lorraine Copeland is buried next to her husband, Miles Axe Copeland, Jr.,[15] in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul's Church (Church of England), Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire.[15]

Selected publications

Paléorient (journal)

    1. Copeland, Lorraine (1978). "The Middle Palaeolithic of Adlun and Ras el Kelb (Lebanon) : First Results From a Study of the Flint Industries". Vol. 4, Nº 4. pp. 33–57 – via Persée. Free access icon doi:10.3406/paleo.1978.4212; OCLC 732480174, 4649025815.
    2. Copeland, Lorraine (1983). "Levallois/Non-Levallois Determinations in the Early Levant Mousterian : Problems and Questions for 1983". Vol. 9, Nº 2. pp. 15–27 – via Persée. Free access icon Frantiq 214227 and 548193; JSTOR 41489570; OCLC 770926691, 770926691, 732480741.
    3. Besançon, Jacques; Copeland, Lorraine; Sanlaville, Paul (1933–2021) (1988). "Réflexions sur les prospections géo-préhistoriques au Proche-Orient" ["Reflections on Geo-Prehistoric Surveys in the Near East"] (in French). Vol. 14, Nº 2. pp. 31–39 – via Persée.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) doi:10.3406/paleo.1988.4452; Frantiq 300266; OCLC 9973486157, 732481510.

British Archaeological Reports (BAR)

    See Azraq, Jordan
    1. Copeland, Lorraine. "The Artifacts from a Sounding of D. Kirkbride at Lion Spring, Azraq in 1956". pp. 171–212. See Diana Kirkbride (1915–1997).
    2. Copeland, Lorraine. "The Harding Collection of Acheulean Artifacts from Lion Spring, Azraq: A Quantitative and Descriptive Analysis". pp. 213–258. See Gerald Lankester Harding (1901–1979).
    3. Copeland, Lorraine. "Analysis of the Paleolithic Artifacts from a Sounding by A. Garrard at C-Spring, Azraq, 1985 Season". pp. 325–390. See Andrew Garrard.
    4. Copeland, Lorraine. "Surface Finds at Northern and South-Eastern Sites". pp. 451–468.
    5. Copeland, Lorraine; Hours, Francis (1921–1987). "The Lower and Middle Paleolithic of the Desert Wadis in the Azraq Basin: Survey Results, 1982–1986". pp. 65–152.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) See Wadi.
  • Roe, Derek Arthur (1937–2014), ed. (1983). Adlun in the Stone Age – The Excavations of D.A.E. Garrod in the Lebanon, 1958–1963. BAR International Series 159.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link) doi:10.30861/9780860542032; ISBN 978-1-4073-9095-6 (Vol. 1), ISBN 978-1-4073-9096-3 (Vol. 2), ISBN 978-0-8605-4203-2, 0-8605-4203-3 (2-volume set; paperback); ISBN 978-1-4073-3064-8 (eBook); OCLC 12510805 (all editions). See Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod (1892–1968).
  • Sanlaville, Paul (1933–2021); Besançon, Jacques; Copeland, Lorraine; Muhesen, Sultan, eds. (1993). Le Paléolithique de la vallée moyenne de l'Oronte (Syrie) : peuplement et environnement [The Paleolithic of the Middle Orontes Valley (Syria): Human Occupation and Environment ]. BAR International Series 587 (in French). Lyon, France: Maison de l'Orient Méditerranéen.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link) doi:10.30861/9780860547471 (online); ISBN 978-0-8605-4747-1, 0-8605-4747-7 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-4073-4887-2, 1-4073-4887-6 (eBook); OCLC 30516267 (all editions).
  • Copeland, Lorraine; Moloney, Norah (1945–2018), eds. (1998). The Mousterian Site of Ras el-Kelb, Lebanon. BAR International Series 706. Oxford: J. & E. Hedges Ltd.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link) LCCN 98-162186; doi:10.30861/9780860549390; ISBN 978-0-8605-4939-0, 0-8605-4939-9 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-4073-5021-9, 1-4073-5021-8 (eBook); OCLC 39657785 (all editions). See Mousterian and Ras el Kelb.

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ a b Civil Registrations (Elizabeth L. Adie Birth) 1921.
  2. ^ "Wycombe Abbey" (official website).
  3. ^ Copeland, Miles (bio).
  4. ^ Garrard, Aurenche, & Sanlaville, Jan. 2014, pp. 5–8.
  5. ^ Birmingham News, Oct. 17, 1943, p. 1.
  6. ^ Civil Registrations (Copeland-Adie Marriage) 1943.
  7. ^ Copeland & Wescombe, (Part 1), 1965.
  8. ^ Copeland & Wescombe, (Part 2), 1966.
  9. ^ Copeland & Yazbeck, (Part 3), 1997.
  10. ^ Stone Age Institute.
  11. ^ Aurenche, Le Mière, Sanlaville, 2004.
  12. ^ Neo-Lithics, Jun. 1995.
  13. ^ Spartacus Educational (Simkin).
  14. ^ AND Magazine (Stein), Apr. 30, 2013.
  15. ^ a b GPR (Miles Axe Copeland; 1916–1991).

Secondary references

  • AND Magazine. Gina Faddis, ed., Davidsonville, Maryland. Charles Sam Faddis, publisher.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
    1. Stein, Jeff (30 April 2013). "Famed CIA Widow Dies – Lorraine Copeland Was a Daring WW-2 Operative Herself" (editorial ID: 12923). Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Free access icon
    1. Via Edinburgh News blog. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023.
    2. Via Scotsman blog. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023.
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    1. Via Persée. See: Persée. Free access icon
    1. "Report on the Second Workshop on PPN Chipped Lithic Industries, Held in Warsaw, 3rd–7th of April, 1995" (PDF). June 1995. Retrieved 17 November 2014. Free access icon

Tertiary references

    1. General Index – Marriages Registered in England and Wales in the Months of July, August and September, 1943. "A–F" (Microfilm Roll: Engl. 001AP, Roll 438). England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916–2005.
      1. "Copeland, Miles A." ... "Adie" (District: Marylebone. Inferred County: Middlesex. Vol. 1a, p. 1071). p. 214. Free access icon
      2. "Adie, Lorraine E." ... "Copeland" (District: Marylebone. Inferred County: Middlesex. Vol. 1a, p. 1071). p. 5. Free access icon
    2. General Index – Births Registered in England and Wales in the Months of October, November and December, 1921. "A–F" (Microfilm Roll: Engl. 001AP, Roll 61).
      1. "Adie, Elizabeth L." (District: Marylebone. Inferred County: Middlesex. Vol. 1a, p. 706). p. 9. Free access icon
  • Source. Gravestone Photographic Resource.
    1. "Miles Axe Copland, Jr" (GPR ID: 235821). Retrieved 14 October 2023.

    Primary references

    • Aurenche, Olivier; Le Mière, Marie; Sanlaville, Paul (1933–2021), eds. (2004). From the River to the Sea: The Palaeolithic and the Neolithic on the Euphrates and in the Northern Levant (Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, a research body dedicated to its founder, Jean Pouilloux). Festschrift → Honouree: Lorraine Copeland (Studies in Honour of Lorraine Copeland). Series: BAR International Series. BAR No: S1263. Oxford, England: Archaeopress.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link) LCCN 2004-445011; ISBN 978-1-8417-1621-3, 1-8417-1621-9 (print ed.), ISBN 978-1-4073-2681-8, 1-4073-2681-3 (pdf eBook); doi:10.30861/9781841716213 (online ed.); OCLC 56344277 (all editions).
      1. Snippet view via Google Books (limited preview only). Free access icon
      1. "Dr., Mrs. Copeland Informed of Son's Wedding in London – Miles A. Copeland Jr. Marries Miss Adie in Church Ceremony" (married September 25, 1943, at Holy Trinity Church, [near] Harley Street, London). Vol. 32, no. 6 (Home ed.). 17 October 1943. p. 1 (Social Section) (digital image 31).
        1. Via Newspapers.com.
      1. Vol. 1: Via Google Books (NYPL).
      2. Via Internet Archive (Cal Berkeley).
      1. Via WaybackMachine (Archived October 12, 2011).
      2. Via. University of Montana, faculty & staff blog: "Miles Copeland III" (instructor). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
    • Stone Age Institute. "Officers and Advisory Board".{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) (stoneageinstitute.org).
      1. In 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
      2. Current. Retrieved 29 March 2026.

    Copeland's publications used as references (primary)

      1. Copeland, Lorraine (née Elisabeth Lorraine Adie; 1921–2013); Wescombe, Peter John (1932–2014) (1965). Part 1: "West-Central Lebanon". Vol. 41, no. 2. pp. 29–176.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) doi:10.3406/mefao.1965.1155.
      2. Copeland, Lorraine; Wescombe, Peter John (1966). Part 2: "North, South and East-Central Lebanon". Vol. 42, no. 1. pp. 1–174. doi:10.3406/mefao.1966.1160.
      3. Copeland, Lorraine; Yazbeck, Corine (1997). Part 3: "Additions and Revisions: 1967–2001". Vol. 55 (1997–1998). pp. 121–325.
        1. Via Google Books.
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