O carte de la începuturile arheologiei moderne românești
A book from the beginnings of modern Romanian archaeology

Summary/Abstract: This text is a reflection on a book about the Iron Age in Picenum, Italy, published in Italian in 1929 by Vladimir Dumitrescu, one of the founders of modern Romanian archeology. To write about the past material cultures of regions far away from the country in which the author lives and works is a common practice in some archeological research traditions, such as those of the West (and not only), but it is a non-existent practice in Romania. In this context and beyond the intentions of the author, Vl. Dumitrescu’s book is relevant to the present due to its potential of setting the basis of an archaeological research tradition that is not only national but also universal, an archaeology traversed by a curiosity and an astonishment truly anthropological in nature.

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