Д-р Васил Берон – приноси за археологията в България
Dr. Vasil Beron and his Contribution to Archaeology in Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: The article presents some preliminary findings on Dr. Vasil Beron’s contriburtion to Bulgarian archaeology. The study covers issues related to the history of archaeology in Bulgaria; more specifically, its beginnings and initial stages of development. Dr. Vasil Beron (1824–1909) was one of the initiators of archaeological research during the Bulgarian National Revival. He was a member of the Beron family of Kotel and a close relative (a nephew) to Dr. Petar Beron. The article explores an additional aspect of his versatile activities, namely, his pioneering contribution to archaeological research on the old Bulgarian capital Tarnovo. The text begins by outlining the personality traits of Dr. Vasil Beron and what urged him, a physician by training and occupation, to undertake archaeological and historical research on the city in which he had settled; the article also devotes attention to the state of archaeological research and knowledge in Bulgaria at that time. Also, the author examines more generally Beron’s overall archaeological activities and investigations of Tarnovo’s monuments of material culture and art dating to the times of the Second Bulgarian state.

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