Archaeological Fieldwork
Dr. Singleton has participated in archaeological fieldwork in Sicily, Jordan, Cyprus, and the United Kingdom, working at sites ranging from Bronze and Iron Age settlements to Classical, Byzantine, Anglo-Saxon, and modern conflict contexts. His field experience includes excavation and survey at Tall Jalul in Jordan, Kourion in Cyprus, Scremby in England, and several sites in Sicily, including Monte Reitano, San Miceli, and Mokarta. At Monte Reitano, he directed investigations of three large rock-cut chambers and rappelled approximately seven meters into otherwise inaccessible chambers to undertake preliminary documentation; the project also identified two previously undocumented petroglyphs. At San Miceli, he assisted with the excavation of the early Christian basilica complex, including mosaics and burials. His doctoral research examined the Late Bronze Age ceramic assemblage from Hut 12 at Mokarta, Sicily, and involved ceramic classification, typological analysis, experimental replica production, firing with locally collected wild clay, and use-wear analysis to investigate vessel manufacture and function. He has also participated in the excavation of early Anglo-Saxon graves at Scremby and in a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency–associated project near Caltagirone, Sicily, searching for the remains of a Second World War P-38 aircraft and its pilot. His archaeological interests include Bronze and Iron Age societies within and beyond the Levant, ceramic technology and use, ancient Mediterranean cultural interaction, demography and population reconstruction, and Near Eastern religious sites and material culture.
San Miceli, Sicily
2015 Season (Six Weeks)
Asst Field Director/Camp Administrator: Assisted in directing Fields B and C at San Miceli, Sicily in the aea of the Basilica. Additionally, operated the day to day administration of the camp in Salemi.
San Miceli, Sicily
2014 Season (Four Weeks)
Asst Field Director: Assisted in directing Field B at San Miceli, Sicily in the aea of the Basilica, including the guiding of the excavation of mosaics and of a grave. Additionally, assisted in the administration of the day-to-day activities of camp in Salemi.
Tall Jalul, Jordan
2009 Season (Six Weeks)
Square Supervisor: Tall Jalul is located 5 km east of the town of Madaba in the fertile highland plains that extend south and east from Amman and Hisban in the country of Jordan. It is believed to be largest archaeological mound in the central part of the country.
Scremby, UK
2018 Season (Two Weeks)
Volunteer: Scremby is an osteological excavation unearthing early Anglo-Saxon graves. Justin worked as a volunteer and staff member for the American Veterans Archaeological Recovery program—a program to help combat veterans reintegrate into the civilian world.
Mokarta, Sicily
2015 Season
Research: Began dissertation research on all artifacts from Cabin 12 of Mokarta, materials excavated in 2014. Pottery analysis included gathering of all details of the pottery in order to type each piece. A total of 63 whole or partial vessels was analyzed, but only around 40 were typed.
Mt Reitano, Sicily
2014 Season (Four Weeks)
Field Director: Directed Field A at Mt Raitano which included three rock cut chambers of unknown origin, and led an expedition into three separate rock cut chambers that were only accessible from above seven meters from the surface. Using rapelling equipment, descended into the chambers for preliminary measurements and ascended back out again.
Kourion, Cyprus
2013 Season (Five Weeks)
Asst Square Supervisor: Kourion is located at Episkopi Bay, southwest of Cyprus. While it has settlements from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age periods, the emphasis of the Tandy excavation project is on the later Classical and Byzantine Periods.
P-38 G Recovery III
2022 Season (Two Weeks)
Volunteer: A project with the American Veterans Archaeological Recovery in conjunction with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). During this excavation, Justin served as a volunteer helping to search for a crashed P-38, an American bomber shot down near Caltagirone, Sicily during WWII.