Valentina Tumolo

Valentina excavating an 8th century structure in Lebanon
Research Associate

Valentina Tumolo has conducted research on glyptic and the phenomenon of seal impressions on pots in the Levant and Syria during the Early Bronze Age. Recent articles address the study of the corpora of vessels with seal impressions from diverse sites of the area, the petrographic investigation of the Early Bronze Age Levantine Combed Ware storage and transport jars from the Jordanian site of Khirbet ez-Zeraqon, and the development of olive production in southern and central Levant during the same period.

Region(s): 
Eastern Mediterranean, Levant, Syria, Turkey, Northern Iraq
Research Theme(s): 
Near Eastern Archaeology, Seals and Sealings, Ceramic Production, Food Storage Practices, Micromorphology

Kharaneh IV Project

Project: Kharaneh IV Project

The Kharaneh IV project explores the nature of interaction and aggregation at the end of the Pleistocene through the multi-component Early and Middle Epipalaeolithic site Kharaneh IV, Jordan.

Funerary Practices and Personhood: Bronze Age Burial Assemblages from Tel Megiddo, Israel.

Tel Megiddo (Israel) in August 2014. Facing east. Courtesy of Megiddo Expedition and Melissa Cradic.

With support from the Stahl Endowment Fund, I conducted dissertation research during summer 2015 on archaeological  collections  and  archives  from  the  site  of  Tel  Megiddo,  Israel.  These  materials  comprise the main dataset for my dissertation, entitled “Transformations in Death: Funerary Practices and Personhood in the Bronze Age Levant”.