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.

Ion Horaţiu Crişan
Born(1928-07-01)July 1, 1928
Died1 January 1994(1994-01-01) (aged 65)
NationalityRomanian
CitizenshipRomanian
Scientific career
FieldsHistory, Archaeology
Archaeological Site Şanţul 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 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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  1. ^ Ptolemy & 140 AD, III 8,4.
  2. ^ Olteanu, Ptolemy's Dacia.
  3. ^ Crișan 1978a, p. 177.
  4. ^ Crișan 1978b.

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Ancient

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

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