Petre Diaconu

Petre Diaconu (born October 6, 1924 , † April 2007 ) was a Romanian archaeologist and historian .

life and work

Petre Diaconu graduated from the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest . In 1953 he successfully completed his course, and in 1971 he received his doctorate for a thesis on the Pechenegs in the lower Danube region. While still a student, he worked at the Institute of Archeology at the Romanian Academy from 1951 . After graduating, he initially worked at the institute as a researcher and later as a senior researcher until his retirement in autumn 1991. In addition to archeology, his main focus was on historical geography , paleodemography and toponomics , especially those of the lower Danube region.

As part of this work, he examined numerous archaeological sites from all epochs, but mainly devoted himself to the Roman and post-Roman times. His main research areas were

• in Dinogetia, Niculiţel and Nalbant in Tulcea County
• in Păcuiul lui Soare, Mangalia, Capidava, Murfatlar, Poarta Albă, Cochirleni, Cernavoda, Adamclisi in the Constanța district
• the monastery Neamt , county Neamt
• in Ploiesti
• in Bucharest
• at the Iron Gate
• in Lișcoteanca , Brăila County
• in Viişoara and Marculesti in Ialomița County
• and in Coslogeni in Călărași County .

Diaconu published numerous articles and five monographs, which outside Romania also appeared in Germany, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Belgium and the USA.

Fonts (selection)

• Săpăturile de la Păcuiul lui Soare , 1960, pp. 653-666.
• Șantierul arheologic Păcuiul lui Soare , 1961, pp. 599–608.
• Les Petchénègues au Bas Danube , Bucharest 1972.
• (with D. Vîlceanu): Păcuiul lui Soare. I. Cetatea bizantină , Bucharest 1972.
• The Petchenegs on the Lower Danube, în Relations between the autochthonous population and the migratory populations on the territory of Roman , Bucharest 1975, pp. 235-240
• (with Silvia Baraschi): Păcuiul lui Soare. II. Aşezarea medievală , Bucharest 1977.
• Les Coumans au Bas Danube aux XIe et XIIe siècles , Bucharest 1978.

literature

• Ionel Căndea: Petre Diaconu (1924-2007) . In: Arheologia Moldovei 30, 2007, pp. 491-493 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Aurelia Lăpuşan: Portrete. Oameni care au făcut istorie culturală în Dobrogea Petre Diaconu , on the website ziuaconstanta.ro (Romanian), accessed on February 21, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Petre Diaconu: Les Petchénègues au Bas-Danube (= Bibliotheca historica Romaniae 27). Bucharest 1972.
2. ↑ Ionel Candea: Petre Diaconu (1924 to 2007) . In: Arheologia Moldovei 30, 2007, pp. 491–493 ( digitized version ); Aurelia Lăpuşan: Portrete. Oameni care au făcut istorie culturală în Dobrogea Petre Diaconu , on the website ziuaconstanta.ro (Romanian), accessed on February 21, 2019.