Science: Archaeology: Regional: Europe: Romania

A brief history of Romanian archaeology and categorised links to related web-sites.

Scientifical website concerning pre-, protohistory and classical history. It host two archaeological magazines; Romanian Journal of Archaeology and European Archaeology - online.

Greek colony on the Dobrudja coast of the Black Sea. Maps, images, and articles.

1st century BCE Dacian capital.

Open Letter from Prof. Ioan Piso (Cluj-Napoca) to the signatories of the petition.

In fact, most of the Romanian archaeologists are excavating, collecting and interpreting the material culture using pre-defined concepts ("archaeological cultures", chronology, "phases", ethnos) as objective realities. The act of interpretation, based on a false familiarity with the archaeological material, is resumed to the "cultural" and chronological diagnosis

For the study of the funerary behavior of the Monteoru culture, the object excavated at Poiana Scoruului in the neighborhood of the nearby village of Sarata Monteoru represents an uncommonly significant set.

About half a century ago the beginnings of Monteoru culture represented by the layer Ic4, in the hilly region of northern Walachia had been considered as contemporaneous with the Glina culture from the plain region.

The fortress was excavated in 1995, 1996, 1998 by a team led by colonel Dan Capatna from the National Military Museum with supplies and labour available from the Ministry of National Defense.

Offers a short introduction with images of the capital of the Roman Dacia. [Romanian and English]

Provides excavation reports, links to sites, and a list of publications and journals. [Romanian and English]

Brief description provides its location, members of the research team, a chronological framing of the discovery, and a map location.

Contains a brief description of the fortifications, members of the research team, duration of the research, and a map location.

Provides a brief description of the excavations and a map location.

Contains a map location and a brief description of the discovery.

A selection of entries, regarding Romanian archaeology, from Warwick Brag and David Trump, Dictionary of Archaeology, 2nd edition, Penguin Books, 1982.