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Dinu Adameșteanu

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151:, under the direction of Scarlat Lambrino, a noted Romanian epigrapher and historian, university professor and corresponding member of the Romanian Academy, who directed the excavations at Istria from 1928 until 1940 and was director of the National Museum of Antiquities of Bucharest (1938-1940). Because of the absence of archaeological remains on the surface, his work even at this time, took advantage of 377:. But even more important was his use of aerial photographic techniques for the protection of archaeological sites: he used it to identify areas where large scale construction projects impacted on sites of archaeological interest. He worked to promote the potential offered by the integration of aerial photography into traditional archaeological research, through demonstrations in Italy and abroad. 305:] focus of research, constantly addressed at all moments in his work, in the Black Sea, in Sicily, in Basilicata. And it was perhaps this range of experience which allowed him to intuit and propose (notably anticipating later studies) the existence of forms of cohabitation between Greek and indigenous groups, distinct from the stereotypical colonial model. 657: 358: 671: 507:
One of Dinu Adameșteanu's main preoccupations was the creation, maintenance and development of museums located near archaeological sites. This had positive results for a large number of regional museums: at Metaponto, for example, his intervention in the local "Antiquarium" led to its transformation
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In this period, Adameșteanu continued his pioneering use of aerial survey. His attentive and patient comparison between surface and aerial photographic evidence allowed him to identify "a large number of ancient sites, some known only through literary sources and some otherwise entirely unknown.
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At the end of 1949, in a semi-clandestine fashion on account of his statelessness, Adameșteanu was able to continue his research activities, thanks only to the support and assistance of his friends and colleagues, who asked him to participate in archaeological research in
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allowed them to identify and then bring to light the city's fortifications, with twenty-metre thick walls on the hill of San Mauro which culminated in the south with the "Syracusan Gate," mentioned by
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Owing to his personal qualities and achievements, he received Italian citizenship for scientific merit in 1954. In 1958 he was entrusted with the creation of
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in 1975, the "Basilicata prize" for non-fiction in 1975, the gold medal with diploma of the first class of merit in education, culture and the arts from the
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and the institution of a communist regime in Romania after the war had a dramatic impact on his life. With the loss of his Romanian citizenship, he became a
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archaeologist, a pioneer and promoter of the use of aerial photography and aerial survey in archaeology. From 1958 to 1964, he was director of
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He published the results of his research in Sicily, together with Orlandini, in three volumes dedicated to the fortifications of
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After this, for the few months between the end of 1977 and April 1978, he had a brief stint as archaeological sovrintendente of
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Adameșteanu relocated from Romania to Italy in 1939, where he was a member (1940-1942) and then librarian (1943-1946) of the
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to identify remains, a method which he would later apply in Italy and in campaigns conducted between 1959 and 1960 in
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This institute, the only one of its kind in Europe or America, collected aerial photographs, plans and
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On 21 January 2004, professor Dinu Adameșteanu died at his home in Policoro. On 20 May 2005, the
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In this period, Adameșteanu adopted a theme which had already been advocated passionately by
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in 1982, the "A Life for Lucania" prize in 1986, the LucaniaGold prize for culture from the
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Dinu Adameșteanu was a member of a large number of academic organisations. He received the
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in collaboration with an international team of archaeologists, was published in the work,
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He also deployed these techniques for the study of ancient urban and rural structures of
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with the Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (Is.M.E.O, now the Is.I.A.O -
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He attended primary school in his native village, followed by the central seminary and
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Attività archeologica in Basilicata 1964-1977. Scritti in onore di Dinu Adameșteanu
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in Potenza, was officially opened and named "Dinu Adameșteanu" in his honour.
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Adameșteanu, pioneer of aerial archaeology, during a helicopter survey in 1966
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was one of the founders of the Romanian veterinary school. His niece,
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with his appointment as the head of the newly created archaeological
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Aerial survey and Aerofototeca at the Ministry of Public Education
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For Dinu Adameșteanu, too, it has been the priviliged [
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of Italian territory taken during the Second World War by the
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Adameșteanu took part in his first excavations in 1935 on the
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Recipients of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art
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From 1971 to 1983, Adameșteanu was also a professor of
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Fece rinascere Heraclea 625:Museo archeologico nazionale della Basilicata 574:Ministry for Cultural Assets and Environments 8: 943:"Website of the Aerofototeca Nazionale-ICCD" 1015:Academic staff of the University of Salento 532:Museo archeologico nazionale della Siritide 597:Pontificia accademia romana di archeologia 173:Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente 521:Museo archeologico nazionale of Metaponto 272:, Adameșteanu directed the excavation of 261:, which was also excavated at this time. 92:The fifth of ten sons of a priest of the 543:Museo archeologico nazionale del Melfese 241:, archaeological superintendent for the 190:In Rome he received a degree along with 975:Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church 684: 607:, as well as an Honorary Fellow of the 430:Soprintendente in Basilicata and Puglia 388:, which he directed from 1959 to 1990. 119:. From 1933 to 1938, he studied at the 728:, vol. X, no. 1 (Spring, 2001), p. 117 724:Marius Porumb, "Dinu Adameșteanu", in 595:He was a corresponding member of the 280:, where he collaborated closely with 194:and began a long friendship with the 65:As a civil servant, in charge of the 7: 1020:20th-century Italian archaeologists 844:Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana 434:In 1964, Adameșteanu was posted to 331:, and in other journals, including 212:refugee. At this time he first met 1005:Recipients of the Legion of Honour 980:Saint Sava National College alumni 922:Studi in onore di Dinu Adameșteanu 484:, where he worked to protect some 253:. At the latter site, a series of 14: 601:Accademia di Archeologia Italiana 560:Academic affiliations and honours 782:Sito ufficiale dell'Aerofototeca 669: 655: 264:In Sicily, at the invitation of 23:Dinu Adameșteanu in Rome in 1940 858:"Official site of Aerofototeca" 605:German Archaeological Institute 985:University of Bucharest alumni 903:(22 January 2004), p. 11. 16:Romanian-Italian archaeologist 1: 936:In memory of Dinu Adameșteanu 800:(22 January 2004), p. 11 401:United States Army Air Forces 590:Order of the Star of Romania 413:Istituto Geografico Militare 386:Ministry of Public Education 52:Ministry of Public Education 1010:Romanian emigrants to Italy 552:was established inside the 113:Saint Sava National College 1036: 970:People from Giurgiu County 816:Omaggio a Dinu Adameșteanu 713:Omaggio a Dinu Adameșteanu 580:of Pomarico in 1987, the " 373:and its hinterland in the 312:Omaggio a Dinu Adameșteanu 877:"History of Aerofototeca" 167:) and other parts of the 417:Ufficio Tecnico Erariale 94:Romanian Orthodox Church 54:, he was a professor of 38:, 2 January 2004) was a 990:Romanian archaeologists 842:- VI Appendice (2000), 393:stereocopic photographs 185:Romanian School in Rome 131:Early career in Romania 121:University of Bucharest 884:Cosimo Damiano Fonseca 609:British School of Rome 415:and of the Florentine 362: 317: 24: 839:Enciclopedia Italiana 476:La Basilicata Antica. 360: 22: 771:Aerofototeca. 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Toporu
Policoro
Romanian
Italian
Ministry of Public Education
Etruscology
University of Lecce
Soprintendenze
it
Basilicata
Apulia
Romanian Orthodox Church
Ion Adameșteanu
Gabriela Adameșteanu
Romanian author
Saint Sava National College
Bucharest
University of Bucharest
Victor Papacostea
Black Sea
Istria
Greek colony
Miletus
aerial photography
Afghanistan
Israel
Caesarea Maritima
Middle East
Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente

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