Ion Horaţiu Crişan | |
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Born | |
Died | 1 January 1994 | (aged 65)
Nationality | Romanian |
Citizenship | Romanian |
Scientific career | |
Fields | History, Archaeology |
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, [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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