From the History of Archaeological Researches in Crișana: Dr. Ernest Andrassy (I)
From the History of Archaeological Researches in Crișana: Dr. Ernest Andrassy (I)

Summary/Abstract: Among the personalities from Bihor from the first decades of the twentieth century, ErnestAndrassy holds a special position foremost through his work in the archaeological research of Valea Ierului.His most important discoveries are undoubtedly the settlements from Otomani and Sălacea, belonging tothe Bronze Age. He also performed more restricted archaeological researches in Valea lui Mihai, Şimian, Văşad,Curtuiuşeni, Galoşpetreu etc., covering all eras between the Paleolithic and the Middle Ages.The discovered materials were included in the exhibition of the museum that bore his name, opened in1952. The museum covered not only the archaeology of the area, but also the fauna and ethnography of IerValley.Unfortunately, due to the climate in Romania after the moment Budapest 1956, doctor Andrassy wasarrested in 1958, suspected of having connections to the Anticommunist revolutionaries and of havingcomplotted against the Communist Regime. He was freed in 1964 but died in 1968 and was buried in Valea luiMihai.Through the inheritance left by Ernest Andrassy to posterity, he can be considered one of the fathers ofarchaeology in Crişana and elsewhere.

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