Ion Horațiu Crișan Explained
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.
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, at this location with a high degree of certainty. 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.
Bibliography
- 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
See also
References
Ancient
- Book: Ptolemy
, Claudius
. . Ptolemy. Geographia. Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii. Geography. c. 140. Ancient Greek.
Modern
- Book: Crișan
, Ion Horațiu
. Ion Horațiu Crișan. Burebista and His Time. Volume 20 of Bibliotheca historica Romaniae: Monographies. 1978a. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. Bucharest.
- Book: Crișan
, Ion Horațiu
. Ion Horațiu Crișan. Ziridava - Săpăturile de la "Șanțul Mare" din anii 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964. Ziridava - The digs from "Șanțul Mare" from 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964. 1978b. Comitetul de Cultură și Educație Socialistă al Județului Arad. Arad.
- Web site: Olteanu . Sorin . Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Ptolemy's Dacia . Romanian, English . Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum . 3 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716103421/http://soltdm.com/sources/mss/ptol/ptol_dac.htm . 16 July 2011 . dead.
