Ion Horaţiu Crişan (1928–1994) was a Romanian historian and archaeologist. He conducted research in South-Eastern and Central Europe, focusing on Geto-Dacians and Celts.
Ion Horaţiu Crişan | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 1, 1928 |
| Died | 1 January 1994 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Citizenship | Romanian |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History, Archaeology |
He has been was very involved with the research at the archaeological site called Şanţul Mare (The Big Ditch), 7 km from Pecica, Arad County, Romania. He placed the Dacian settlement Ziridava, mentioned by Ptolemy in his Geographia,[1][2] at this location with a high degree of certainty.[3] He wrote a book named Ziridava - The digs from "Șanțul Mare" from 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, focused on the archaeological digs performed in 1960s at this ancient city.[4]
Bibliography
edit- Burebista and His Time, Volume 20 of Bibliotheca historica Romaniae: Monographies, Bucharest, Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1978
- Ziridava - Săpăturile de la "Șanțul Mare" din anii 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 (Ziridava - The digs from "Șanțul Mare" from 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964), Arad, Comitetul de Cultură și Educație Socialistă al Județului Arad, 1978
- Crişan's Bibliography at History Institute Cluj-Napoca
About him
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Ptolemy & 140 AD, III 8,4.
- ^ Olteanu, Ptolemy's Dacia.
- ^ Crișan 1978a, p. 177.
- ^ Crișan 1978b.
References
editAncient
edit- Ptolemy, Claudius (c. 140). Geographia [Geography] (in Ancient Greek). Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii.
Modern
edit- Crișan, Ion Horațiu (1978a). Burebista and His Time. Volume 20 of Bibliotheca historica Romaniae: Monographies. Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România.
- Crișan, Ion Horațiu (1978b). Ziridava - Săpăturile de la "Șanțul Mare" din anii 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 [Ziridava - The digs from "Șanțul Mare" from 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964]. Arad: Comitetul de Cultură și Educație Socialistă al Județului Arad.
- Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Ptolemy's Dacia". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.