Born: 30.10.1958, Bucharest
Address: Bucharest, Romania
E-mail: vlad.zirra@archaeology.ro
Education: 1973-1977 - I.L. Caragiale Highschool, Bucharest.
1979-1983 - Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest, specialized in Romanian Prehistory (B.A. with The Latene Age Fibulae in Dacia, guided by Ph.D. C. Preda)
Presently employed at:
Since 1987 - Institutul de Arheologie "V. Pârvan", Bucureşti ("V. Pârvan" Archaeological Institute, Bucharest) - Prehistorical Archaeology Department; senior researcher III
Formerly employed at:
1983-1987 - School no. 83, Bobeşti-Glina, Ilfov- history teacher
Excavations:
Galaţii Bistriţei, jud. Bistriţa-Năsăud (1974); Supervisor, Dr. V. Zirra.
Histria-Bent, jud.Constanţa (1977; 1979); Supervisor, Dr. V. Zirra.
Sighişoara "Dealul Viilor", jud. Mureş (1980); Supervisor, Dr. R. Harhoiu.
Coţofenii din Dos, jud. Dolj (1980-1990/1991); Supervisor, Dr. V. Zirra.
Popeşti-Mihăileşti, jud. Giurgiu (1988-1990; 1992); Supervisor, Prof. Dr. A.Vulpe.
Bâzdâna-Calopăr, jud. Dolj (since 1993); Supervisor, V. V. Zirra.
Selected publications:
1. Observaţii asupra fibulelor traco-getice (Observations to the Thraco-Getian Fibulae), Symposia Thracologica 7, 1989, 302-306.
2. Les plus anciennes fibules laténiennes en Roumanie, Dacia 35, 1991, 177-184.
3. Observaţii asupra tezaurelor de argint din Latene-ul târziu (Observations to the Late La Tene Silver Hoards), SCIVA 43, 4, 1992, 401-423; (collaboration with D. Spânu).
4. Entre l'utile et l'art. Les fibules laténiennes en Roumanie, Études Celtiques 28, 1991, 177-184.
5. Cronologia obiectelor mărunte din aşezarea fortificată de la Coţofenii din Dos (The Miscellaneous Objects Chronology in the Fortified Settlement from Cotzofenii din Dos), Musaios 4, 1, 1994, 53-84.
6. Menus objets, in La station gétique fortifiée de "Cetatea Jidovilor" (Coţofenii din Dos, dép. de Dolj), Dacia 37, 1993, 79-157.
7. Săpăturile de la Bâzdâna-Calopăr, punctul "La Cetate". Campania 1993, (The Excavations from Bâzdâna-Calopăr, site "La Cetate". The 1993 Campaign), Arhivele Olteniei 10, 1995, 13-27 (collaboration with D. Pop).
8. Săpăturile de la Bâzdâna-Calopăr, punctul "La Cetate". Campania 1994, (The Excavations from Bâzdâna-Calopăr, site "La Cetate". The 1994 Campaign), Arhivele Olteniei 11, 1996, 24-42 (collaboration with D. Pop and S. Oanţă).
9. Săpăturile de la Bâzdâna-Calopăr, punctul "La Cetate". Campania 1995, (The Excavations from Bâzdâna-Calopăr, site "La Cetate". The 1995 Campaign), Arhivele Olteniei 12, 1997, 35-52 (collaboration with D. Pop and S. Oanţă).
10. Bemerkungen zu den thrako-getischen Fibeln, Dacia, 41, 1997 (under press).
11. Die relative Chronologie des Gräberfelds von Pişcolt, Münsingen-Rain, ein Markstein der keltischen Arhäologie, Schriften des Bernischen Museums, Band 2, 1998, 145-160.
12. Contribuţii la cronologia relativă a cimitirului de la Pişcolt. Analiză combinatorie şi stratigrafie orizontală (Beiträge zur relative Chronologie des Gräberfelds von Pişcolt. Kombinatorische Analyse und Horisontalstratigraphie), SCIVA 49, 2, 1997, 24-72.