Musarna, a Late Etrusco-Roman House in the Territory of Tarquinia Excavated by the École Française de Rome between 1985 and 1991

A member of the École française between 1983 and 1985, Vincent Jolivet joined the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 1986. His archaeological research has focused in particular on the topography of ancient Rome, based on the excavations he directed on the Pincian hill between 1981 and 2005, on the site of the ancient Gardens of Lucullus. At the same time, he has carried out excavations in Southern Etruria, mainly in the Viterbo region: at the Etruscan-Roman site of Musarna, between 1983 and 2003; at the monumental Hellenistic rock tomb of Grotte Scalina, between 2010 and 2019; and now at the Lattanzi tomb in Norchia, since 2020.

For the Roman part of his research, he is mainly interested in the long-term human occupation of a single place, from the earliest evidence to its most recent history. For the Etruscan part, he is seeking to gain a better understanding of the Romanisation process in Etruria through the study of buildings and artefacts, between resistance and assimilation to the Roman conquest. He coordinates the publication of the Musarna excavations, of which four volumes have been published to date, and four more are currently in preparation.