Ion Horaţiu Crişan
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Ion Horaţiu Crişan 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.
Romanians
The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
historian and archaeologist. He conducted research in South-Eastern and Central Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, focusing on Geto-Dacians and Celts.
He has been was very involved with the research at the archaeological site called Şanţul Mare
Şanţul Mare
Şanţul Mare is an important archaeological site located 9 km west of Pecica, Arad County, Romania , near the border with Semlac commune and 600 m from the Mureş River....
(The Big Ditch), 7 km from Pecica
Pecica
Pecica is a town in Arad County, Romania. In ancient times it was a Dacian fortress called Ziridava and today it is an important archeological site. Situated at from Arad, it was declared a town in 2004. Its administrative territory extends into the Aradului Plateau...
, Arad County
Arad County
Arad is an administrative division of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crişana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center of the county lies in the city of Arad...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. He placed the Dacian settlement Ziridava
Ziridava
Ziridava is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.Species include:*Ziridava asterota Prout 1958*Ziridava baliensis Prout 1958*Ziridava brevicellula Prout 1916*Ziridava cedreleti Prout 1958*Ziridava dysorga Prout 1928...
, mentioned by Ptolemy
Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy , was a Roman citizen of Egypt who wrote in Greek. He was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology. He lived in Egypt under Roman rule, and is believed to have been born in the town of Ptolemais Hermiou in the...
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.
See also
- BurebistaBurebistaBurebista was a king of the Getae and Dacians, who unified for the first time their tribes and ruled them between 82 BC and 44 BC. He led plunder and conquest raids across Central and Southeastern Europe, subjugating most of the neighbouring tribes...
- DaciaDaciaIn ancient geography, especially in Roman sources, Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians or Getae as they were known by the Greeks—the branch of the Thracians north of the Haemus range...
- List of Romanian archaeologists
- Romanian archaeologyRomanian archaeology- Archaeologists :* Alexandru Odobescu * Grigore Tocilescu * Vasile Pârvan * Constantin Daicoviciu living* Gheorghe I. Cantacuzino * Adrian Andrei Rusu - Archaeologists :* Alexandru Odobescu (1834 — 1895)* Grigore Tocilescu (1850 – 1909)* Vasile Pârvan (1882 – 1927)* Constantin Daicoviciu (1898 -...