Thracology
Thracology (
Thracology in Bulgaria
In the second part of the 20th century, Bulgarian historian Alexander Fol founded the Institute of Thracology in the Bulgarian Academy of Science. With subsequently ever-increasing Thracian tombs unearthing, the study of the Ancient Thracian civilization was able to proceed with greater academic rigor.
Thracology in Romania
Since
But since other theories sustain that Daco-Thracian relation is not as strong as originally thought,[4][5] Dacology[6] may evolve as an independent discipline from Thracology. Unfortunately, the terms Dacology/Dacologist have been negatively affected by the association with
The Romanian Thracology Institute I.G Bibicescu, part of Romanian Academy and based in Bucharest, was founded in 1976, after the 2nd International Congress of Thracology held in September of same year in Bucharest.[7] One of his first directors was the thracologist Dumitru Berciu (1907–1998).
Thracologists
Researchers who have been noted in the field of Thracology include:
- Gavril Katsarov – Bulgarian historian, classical philologist and archeologist
- Vladimir I. Georgiev – Bulgarian linguist
- Georgi Kitov – Bulgarian archaeologist
- Alexander Fol – Bulgarian Thracologist
- Ion Niculiță – Moldovan archaeologist
- Sorin Olteanu – Romanian Thracologist, focused on Thraco-Daco-Moesian languages[4]
- Engin Beksac – Turkish archaeologist and art historian
- Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu – Romanian Daco-Thracologist and historian[8]
- Ion I. Russu- Romanian Daco-Thracologist and historian[8]
- Dumitru Berciu – Director of the Romanian Thracology Institute
- Margarita Tacheva – Bulgarian Thracologist
International Congress of Thracology
The International Congress of Thracology was organised by the Institute of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. It has been held regularly since 1972 when it was founded by Alexander Fol. Fol himself became the chairman of the congress, and emphasized an international approach to the study of Thracology.
Number | Hosted in | Date | Theme |
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1 | Sofia, Bulgaria | July 1972 | |
2 | Bucharest, Romania | September 1976 | |
3 | Vienna, Austria | June 1980 | |
4 | The Netherlands |
September 1984 | |
5 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 1988 | |
6 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
1992 | |
7 | Constanța, Tulcea, Mangalia, Romania | May 1996 | Thracians and Myceneans |
8 | Sofia and Yambol, Bulgaria | September 2000 | Thracians and the Aegean |
9 | Chișinău, Moldova | September 2004 | Thracians and the Circumpontic World |
10 | Komotini and Alexandroupolis, Greece | October 2005 | |
11 | Istanbul, Turkey | October 2010 | |
12 | Târgoviște, Romania | September 2013 | The Thracians and their Neighbors in the Bronze and Iron Ages |
13 | Kazanlak, Bulgaria | September 2017 | Ancient Thrace: Myth and Reality |
Thracians and Myceneans
On September 21–26, 1984, the Fourth International Congress of Thracology was held in the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in
See also
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Thracians
- Thracian language
- Thracian mythology
- Thracian kings
- Thracian tribes
- Dacia
- Dacology
References
- ^ "Dacia" Encyclopædia Britannica online
- ^ Strabo VII.3.2
- ^ RA42 1980, p. 181.
- ^ a b c Olteanu.
- ^ Georgiev (1960) 39–58
- ^ Vulpe 1980, p. 95.
- ^ Archäologien Europas: Geschichte, Methoden und Theorien By Peter F. Biehl, Alexander Gramsch, Arkadiusz Marciniak
- ^ a b SCL 1983, p. 267.
- ^ Best & De Vries 1989.
Bibliography
- Best, Jan; De Vries, Nanny (1989). Thracians and Mycenaeans. Boston, Massachusetts: E.J. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-08864-4.
- Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum" (in Romanian and English). Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- Vulpe, Radu (1980). Actes du IIe Congrès international de thracologie: Linguistique, ethnologie (ethnographie, folkloristique et art populaire), anthropologie (in Romanian, English, and French). Bucharest: Editura Academiei.
- "Revista arhivelor". Revista arhivelor. 42. Romania: Arhivele Statului. 1980.
- "Dacia: Revue d'archéologie et d'histoire ancienne". Studii și Cercetări Lingvistice (in Romanian). 34 (3–6). București, Romania: Academia Română. 1983.
External links
- Institute of Thracology – Bulgarian Academy of Science – Institute of Thracology Official Site
- Thracology.dir.bg – Sonya Ilieva's Web Page About Ancient Thrace and Thracology
- Thracology.org – A site dedicated to the enigmatic ancient Thracian civilization
- Thracology Scientific Lab of State University of Moldova
- http://www.imadrugpat.org/krovatova.pdf