Ion Horaţiu Crişan (1928–1994) was a

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historian and archaeologist. He conducted research in South-Eastern and Central

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, focusing on

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and

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Archaeological Site Santul Mare, Pecica, Romania 2008

He has been was very involved with the research at the archaeological site called '' Şanţul Mare'' (The Big Ditch), 7 km from

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, Arad County,

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. He placed the Dacian settlement

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, mentioned by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importance ...

in his

Geographia The ''Geography'' ( grc-gre, Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, ''Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis'', "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the ' and the ', is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography, com ...

, 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

About him

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External links

Some of Ion Horaţiu Crişan's books on Amazon UK

Some of Ion Horaţiu Crişan's books on Google Books

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crisan, Ion Horatiu Romanian archaeologists 20th-century Romanian historians 1928 births 1994 deaths Historiography of Dacia 20th-century archaeologists