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Ion Horațiu Crișan

Ion Horațiu Crișan

Romanian historian and archaeologist (1928–1994)

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.

Archaeological Site Şanţul Mare, Pecica, Romania, 2008
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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]

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Ptolemy & 140 AD, III 8,4.
  2. [2]
    Olteanu, Ptolemy's Dacia.
  3. [3]
    Crișan 1978a, p. 177.
  4. [4]
    Crișan 1978b.

References

Ancient

  • Ptolemy, Claudius (c. 140). Geographia [Geography] (in Ancient Greek). Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii.

Modern

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