TRINITAPOLI - Archaeologist Santo Tine, the greatest scientist and discoverer of "Civilization Dauna" donated to the town of Tring photos, notes and charts of his activity in this land.
Born in the first half of the twenties of the last century in Genoa, where he directed for many years, the Institute of Archaeology of the University, Tine has spent most of his life as a fieldworker in the entire Daunia. His name is linked to Salapia, Grotta Scaloria, Passo di Corvo, etc..
is certainly the biggest star of the discoveries of "Civilization Dauna" from the Neolithic to the early history and, along with his wife, Fernanda Tinè Bertocchi, even the classical age. Fundamental to his work have been over the years, the documents photography, especially aerial reconnaissance photos taken during World War II, had experienced more than 200 Neolithic villages in the plain of Foggia board, between the Gargano and the Murgia , settled along the river Ofanto, Triolo of the tributaries, streams Salsola, Celona, \u200b\u200bCandelaro Cervaro Carapelle.
Subsequently, Tine and succeeded, thanks to other aerial photographs, identifying another hundred villages. Documentation over the years has been very useful to many researchers, especially to archaeologists Marina Mazzei, Maria Luisa Nava and Giuliano Volpe.
Now, all this material, aerial photography, together with notes and charts, by the will of Tine, was awarded the Mayor of Tring, Ruggero di Gennaro, and stored at the town of Tring. These six large binders that the director of the Archaeological Museum of Foggia, Gloria Fazia, delivered into the hands of the Cultural, Aquilino Flaminio.
In fact, the material was in Foggia, at the request of Museum, for study. Following the specific request of the Mayor, Santo Tinè invited the Mayor and Alderman in Genoa which has notified their intention to donate to the City of Trinitapoli the "material" provided it is disclosed and made available for consultation, scholars who wish to continue the research on many sites, identified from the photos, yet to be explored.
Therefore, it is an immense and priceless heritage: an event of great cultural and scientific for the town of Tring and the Daunia. You, on the one hand, the gratifying recognition for the City of Tring for the initiatives and achievements in the discovery and archaeological heritage, which after twenty years of uninterrupted excavation campaigns have resulted in the Archaeological Park and Museum of Hypogea interactive debuting, and, secondly, by the feelings that bind Tinè to this city, where for many years has worked together with his wife.
Here, in 1972, attended the International Conference on Municipalities dauni, and Peucetians messapici, organized by the then mayor Sarcina Nunzio, who also took part in such distinguished scholars: Meluta Marin, Silvio Ferri, Julie Schmidt and Fernanda Tinè Bertocchi.
GAETANO Samel
www.corriereofanto.it
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