Ioan Horațiu Carol Crișan (July 7, 1928–January 1, 1994) was a Romanian historian and archaeologist. He conducted research in South-Eastern and Central Europe, focusing on Geto-Dacians and Celts.
Crișan was born in Ciumăfaia, Cluj County and died in Cluj-Napoca, aged 65.
He was very involved with the research at the archaeological site called Șanțul Mare (The Big Ditch), from Pecica, Arad County. He placed the Dacian settlement Ziridava, mentioned by Ptolemy in his Geographia, at this location with a high degree of certainty. He wrote a book named Ziridava – The digs from "Șanțul Mare" from 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, focused on the archaeological digs performed in 1960s at this ancient city.
Bibliography Burebista and His Time, Volume 20 of Bibliotheca historica Romaniae: Monographies, Bucharest, Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1978 Ziridava - Săpăturile de la "Șanțul Mare" din anii 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 (Ziridava – The digs from "Șanțul Mare" from 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964), Arad, Comitetul de Cultură și Educație Socialistă al Județului Arad, 1978 Crișan's Bibliography at History Institute Cluj-Napoca
See also Burebista Dacia List of Romanian archaeologists Romanian archaeology
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