locate shows org-element.el here: /home/ewd/.emacs.d/org-mode/contrib/lisp/org-element.el /home/ewd/.emacs.d/org-mode/lisp/org-element.el /home/ewd/.emacs.d/org-mode/lisp/org-element.elc /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/org/org-element.el /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/org/org-element.elc
org.el: /home/ewd/.emacs.d/org-mode/lisp/org.el /home/ewd/.emacs.d/org-mode/lisp/org.elc /usr/share/emacs/23.3/lisp/org/org.elc /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/org/org.el /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/org/org.elc