Jean MacIntosh Turfa (born 1947 in

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) is an American archaeologist and authority on the

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. Jean MacIntosh graduated from Abington High School in Philadelphia and then earned her bachelor's degree at Gwynedd Mercy College. She went on to complete a Ph.D. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology at

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in 1974. Turfa has taught at the

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, the

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, the

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, St. Joseph's University and the

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. She has participated in archaeological excavation campaigns in the United States, the United Kingdom, in Italy at Poggio Civitate (Murlo), and at

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in Greece. She has been engaged in research and museum-based projects at the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. She is a member of the US section of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici.Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici - sito ufficiale, su http://studietruschi.org, Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici, 2018.

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The Etruscan World
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