''Dacia: Revistă arheologică și de istorie veche'' is a

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, the professional publication of ''Vasile Pârvan'' Institute of Archaeology, institute of the

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. The magazine, active for over 84 years, was founded in 1924 by

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Vasile Pârvan Vasile Pârvan (; 28 September 1882 – 26 June 1927) was a Romanian historian and archaeologist. Biography Pârvan was born in Perchiu, Huruiești commune, Bacău County. He came from a modest family, being the first child of the teacher An ...

, in whose honour the institute was appointed. It has identical subsections in four languages:

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, having quality content and graphic presentation, ''Dacia'' quickly became a name to watch in the world of archaeology.

History

There are two series, conventionally called the "old series" and the "new series", whose interruption, between 1948 and 1957, was generated by obviously political reasons, which had been typical of hard times through which

had passed during those years.

Old series

The original title of the archaeology magazine when it was founded was , with identical subtitles in English and French, inviting the publication of articles in these languages of international circulation. This series, which ceased publication in 1948, stopped at issues XI-XII.

New series

The new series began its appearance in 1957, commemorating 75 years since the birth of the great Romanian historian and archaeologist

(September 28 1882, Perchiu,

Bacău County Bacău County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeș-Făget, in Transylvania. Geography This county has a total area of . In the western part of the county there a ...

). Currently the magazine is called ''Dacia - Archaeological and Ancient History Magazine'', with identical subtitles in four circulation languages: French, English, German and

. From this series there have appeared, until 2011, fifty-five issues, numbered in Roman numerals, from I to LV, and a recent supplement.

External links

* {{Official, http://www.cimec.ro/arheologie/dacia_eng.htm
Website of ''Vasile Pârvan'' Institute of Archaeology
Academic journals established in 1924 Archaeology journals Archaeology of Romania Multilingual journals

History

Old series

New series

See also

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