Northern Iraq

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.

Research Description:   My research focuses on hunter-gatherer societies in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa, with the aim of reconstructing human-environment interactions during the Late Pleistocene.