Vincenzo Tusa (12 July 1920 – 5 March 2009) was an Italian archeologist.
Biography
Vincenzo Tusa initially studied in
Mistretta, and later obtained his degree in literature in
Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...
in 1944, going on to become an assistant in
Archeology
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
. In 1947 he was hired by the Superintendency of Antiquities in Bologna and two years later he was transferred to Palermo. In 1963 he assumed the position of Superintendent for the BBCC of western
Sicily.
During his time at the Superintendency, Tusa was responsible for promoting several excavations in the archaeological sites of
Soluntum,
Segesta,
Selinunte
Selinunte (; grc, Σελῑνοῦς, Selīnoûs ; la, Selīnūs , ; scn, Silinunti ) was a rich and extensive ancient Greek city on the south-western coast of Sicily in Italy. It was situated between the valleys of the Cottone and Modion ...
,
Motya,
Marsala
Marsala (, local ; la, Lilybaeum) is an Italian town located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily. Marsala is the most populated town in its province and the fifth in Sicily.
The town is famous for the docking of Gius ...
.
In the 1960's Tusa was the promoter of the ''Sicilia Archeologica'' magazine, as well as professor of Punic Antiquities at the Faculty of Letters of the
University of Palermo until 1991.
Tusa was also a member of the Accademia dei Lincei for the Archeology category within the Moral Sciences class. His son,
Sebastiano Tusa
Sebastiano Tusa (2 August 1952 – 10 March 2019) was an Italian archaeologist and politician who served as councilor for Cultural Heritage for the Sicilian Region of Italy from 11 April 2018 until his death on 10 March 2019. Tusa also served as ...
, also an archaeologist, held the position of head of the Superintendency for the Sea of the Sicilian Region.
Additionally, Tusa's name appears on the list of members of the Masonic lodge P2.
Acknowledgments
In Tusa the Sicilian Region has dedicated the ''Cave Archeology Area of Cusa Vincenzo Tusa''.
Works
* L'urbanistica di Solunto, 1970
* Anastylosis ad Agrigento Tempio di Eracle e Selinunte Tempio C, 1975
* La scultura in pietra di Selinunte, 1984
* La preistoria in Sicilia, 1987
* Selinunte nella mia vita, 1990
* Segesta, 1991
* Siciliani illustri: Antonino Salinas, 1995
* Sarcofagi romani in Sicilia, 1995
* Il parco archeologico di Selinunte, 2011
References
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Members of the Lincean Academy
Italian archaeologists
20th-century archaeologists
21st-century archaeologists
1920 births
2009 deaths