MĂGURA CALONFIRESCU (ESPLORAŢIUNE ARHEOLOGICĂ)
Calonfirescu Hill (Archaeological exploration)
Author(s): Dragoş Măndescu, Dimitrie C. ButculescuSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: history of Romanian archaeology; Dimitrie C. Butculescu; Ţigăneşti-‘Măgura Calonfirescu’; Gumelniţa culture
Summary/Abstract: Between 1867 and 1873, Dimitrie C. Butculescu (1845-1916) carried out an archaeological excavation of the tell settlement of ‘Măgura Calonfirescu’, located on his family estate in Ţigăneşti (Teleorman county). The results of the excavation were published by Butculescu in a periodical paper called ‘Revista contimporană. Litere, arte, şciinţe’ (Bucharest). This article, published over three edition of the journal in 1873 (totaling 30 pages with illustrations), can be considered the first Romanian archeological report focused on a prehistoric site. Here, this rare article is published again, with only minimal editing from Butculescu’s original text.
Journal: Buletinul Muzeului Judeţean Teleorman
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 81-102
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Romanian