Nicolae Beldiceanu (October 26, 1844, in Preutești - February 2, 1896 in Iași

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 and novelist. Beldiceanu was the first person to write about the discoveries made at the Cucuteni archaeological site near the town of Cucuteni

Cucuteni

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, Romania. He had helped four other scholars from Iași with the excavation of this site in 1885, and published an article entitled: Antichitățile de la Cucuteni (Antiquities of Cucuteni) the same year. This site was the first discovery of what would later became known as the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture.

His son Nicolae N. Beldiceanu was also a noted poet and writer.

Selected published works

• Tala. Nuvelă contimporană, Iași, 1882
• Antichitățile de la Cucuteni article in the journal: Schiţă arheologică, 1885
• Elemente de istoria românilor, I-III, Iaşi, 1893-1894
• Poezii, Iași, 1893
• Doine, Iași, 1893
• Poezii, Bucharest, 1914

See also

• Partial Bibliography of Nicolae Beldiceanu's works and literary contributions.