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Dacology (Romanian:Dacologie) is a branch ofThracology which focuses on the scientific study ofDacia andDacian antiquities and is a regional and thematic branch of the larger disciplines ofancient history andarchaeology. A practitioner of the discipline is a Dacologist. Dacology investigates the range of ancient Dacian culture (language,literature,history,religion,art,economics, andethics) from c. 1000 BC up to the end ofRoman rule in the 4th-7th centuries. It is directly subordinated toThracology, since Dacians are considered a branch of theThracians by most mainstream research[1] and historical sources.[2] Other theories sustain that the Daco-Thracian relation is not as strong as originally thought[3][4] and as such Dacology has the potential to evolve as an independent discipline from Thracology.
One of the first mentions of the term Dacology was made by the historian Radu Vulpe at the 2ndInternational Congress of Thracology in September 1976 in connection with the Romanian historiansBogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu andIon I. Russu.[5][failed verification] TheRomanian Thracology Institute I.G Bibicescu, part ofRomanian Academy, was founded inBucharest in the same year.[6] One of his first directors was the thracologistDumitru Berciu (1907–1998).
The related termThraco-Dacology also exists, alluding toThraco-Dacian, and one of the first uses is also from around 1980, in the Romanian government archive.[7][dubious –discuss]
The termDacologist has been negatively affected by the association withprotochronism. Some researchers prefer to call themselvesThracologists instead of Dacologists.[3] This choice of title is made in the context of their research being focused on the Dacians and without necessarily promoting a strong connection between the Thracians and Dacians.[3]
Researchers who have been noted in the field of Dacology include:
There have been 11 editions of theInternational Congress of Dacology[9] organized so far. However, they have been organized by the controversialDacianist group aroundNapoleon Săvescu, thus making the term Dacology synonymous with Protochronism in this ambiance.
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