Ion Horaţiu Crişan

Ion Horaţiu Crişan
Born	1928 (1928) Romania
Died	1 January 1994(1994-01-01) (aged 66) Romania
Citizenship	Romanian
Nationality	Romanian
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]

Contents 1 Life 2 Archaeology 3 Bibliography 4 About him 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 7.1 Ancient 7.2 Modern 8 Further reading 9 External links

Life

Archaeology

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
• Crişan's Bibliography at History Institute Cluj-Napoca

About him

See also

• Burebista
• Dacia
• List of Romanian archaeologists
• Romanian archaeology

Notes

References

Ancient

Modern

Further reading

External links

• Some of Ion Horaţiu Crişan's books on Amazon UK
• Some of Ion Horaţiu Crişan's books on Google Books
• Crişan's Bibliography at History Institute Cluj-Napoca (Romanian)

Persondata
Name	Crişan, Ion Horaţiu
Alternative names
Short description	Romanian historian, archaeologist
Date of birth	1928
Place of birth	Romania
Date of death	1994
Place of death	Romania