Valentina Tumolo

Postdoctoral Research fellow (Marie Skłodowska-Cur, Università degli Studi della Tuscia/Durham University

ORCID 0000-0002-1126-4453

Valentina Tumolo gained a PhD in Archaeology at Sapienza University of Rome in Italy, with a dissertation on the Early Bronze Age seal-impressed vessels from the Levant and northeastern Syria, conducted in collaboration with the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Germany. As well as the study of sealing systems and the organisation of craft production, her research interests centre on the dynamics leading to the emergence of complex societies and inequality, particularly focusing on the processes of storage and administration of food staples. Through successful participation in several excavations in Southwest Asia and large multi-disciplinary projects conducted in Italy, Germany, the UK, USA, and Spain, Tumolo has addressed and analysed topics associated with human behaviours in relation to resources exploitation, combining archaeological science techniques with conventional approaches to build coherent and effective narratives.

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

The Early Bronze Age Seal-Impressed Vessels from Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn

Valentina Tumolo

Sealing practices were widespread across the Mediterranean and Southwest Asia from prehistoric to historic times. This study is based on the author’s analysis of the large assemblage of impressed ceramics from the site of Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn in northern Jordan. READ MORE

Paperback: £75.00 | eBook: £16.00