Dumitru Berciu
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Dumitru Berciu | |
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Born | 27 January 1907 |
Died | 1 July 1998 | (aged 91)
Nationality | Romanian |
Citizenship | Romanian |
Scientific career | |
Fields | History, Archaeology |
Institutions | Romanian Academy |
Dumitru Berciu (27 January 1907, Bobaiţa, Mehedinţi – 1 July 1998, Bucharest) was a Romanian historian and archaeologist, honorary member of the Romanian Academy.
He conducted research in South-Eastern and Central Europe, focusing on Geto-Dacians, Thracians and Celts. Dumitru Berciu was governor of National Bank of Romania between 1934 and 1944 and the director of the in Bucharest after 1948. Later in his career, he also focused on the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods in the Balkans. He is known for his contribution to the development of absolute chronology of prehistoric settlements in the Balkans (Romania and Bulgaria).
He was a modern Maecenas for the Romanian culture. He helped people, supported foundations, journals and institutions. In 1921, Dumitru Berciu founded the and donated over 30,000 volumes. He financially supported lifting the , where he installed his library bearing his name to date.
Life[]
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Archaeology[]
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Publications[]
- Îndrumări în preistorie, 1939
- Contribuții la preistoria Transilvaniei, 1942
- Cercetări și săpături arheologice în județele Turda și Alba, 1945
- Contribuția lui Ion Andriesescu la preistoria Daciei și a sud-estului European, 1945
- Cetatea Alba Iulia, 1962
- Cultura Hamangia, 1966
- Zorile istoriei în Carpați și la Dunăre, 1966
- La izvoarele istoriei, 1967
- O introducere în arheologia preistorică, 1967
- The Roman Empire and its neighbours, 1967
- România înainte de Burebista, 1967
- Unitate și continuitate în istoria poporului român, 1968
- Arta traco-getică, 1969
- Lumea celților, 1970
- Daco-România, 1978
- Buridava dacică, 1981
Bibliography[]
- Arta traco-getică, Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1969
- Daco-Romania (Archaeologia mundi), Nagel, 1976
About him[]
- Todorova H. Kamennomednata epoha in Bulgaria. Sofia, 1986.
See also[]
- Dacia
- List of Romanian archaeologists
- Helmet of Coţofeneşti
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- People from Mehedinți County
- Romanian archaeologists
- Romanian historians
- Romanian writers
- Honorary members of the Romanian Academy
- 1907 births
- 1998 deaths
- Historiography of Dacia
- 20th-century historians
- 20th-century archaeologists