Contact: stefanhoncu@yahoo.com

Research Interests

• Classical and Byzantine archaeology
• Roman and Romano-Byzantine pottery
• Ancient economy
• Analysis of common and kitchenware ceramics
• Exchange networks and circulation of goods in the Danubian and Pontic provinces

Biography

Ștefan Honcu is a Scientific Researcher III at the Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, where he has been active since 2015. He obtained his PhD in History from “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, with a dissertation focusing on Roman kitchenware from Dobrudja (1st–3rd centuries AD), under the supervision of Prof. L. Mihailescu-Bîrliba. His research focuses on Classical and Byzantine archaeology, with particular emphasis on pottery studies, the ancient economy, and the circulation of goods in the Pontic and Lower Danube regions. He has been involved in several national research projects and has participated in numerous archaeological excavations at key sites such as Ibida, Orgame/Argamum, and Noviodunum. He has presented papers at numerous international conferences across Europe and is actively engaged in both fieldwork and interdisciplinary research.

Selected publications

Books

Honcu, Ș., 2017, Ceramica romană de bucătărie din Dobrogea (secolele I–III p.Chr.) / Roman Kitchenware from Dobrudja (1st–3rd century AD), Dobrogea Publishing House, “Gavrilă Simion” Eco-Museum Research Institute, Istro-Pontic Library, Archaeology Series 15, Scythia Minor Collection, Archaeology Series 1, Constanța, 228 p., pls. XXXIII, ISBN 978-606-565-135-7.

Article

Honcu, Ș., Minea, B., 2012, “Roman period discoveries on the territory of Iași”, in Arheologia Moldovei 35, Bucharest, pp. 221–231.

Honcu, Ș., Chiriac, C., 2014, “Recent observations on the ancient settlement of Tuzla-Far (Constanța County). Ceramic evidence”, in Pontica 47, Constanța, pp. 233–247.

Honcu, Ș., 2014, “Late Roman–Early Byzantine Kitchenware from Ibida – Curtain G and Tower 8”, in Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica 20, Iași, pp. 271–281.

Honcu, Ș., Chiriac, C., 2015, “Terra sigillata pottery discovered at Carsium (Hârșova, Constanța County)”, in Arheologia Moldovei 38, Bucharest, pp. 255–260.

Honcu, Ș., Munteanu, L., 2018, “Silver plated coins in the sites of Roman Dacia”, in Mihailescu-Bîrliba, L. (ed.), Limes, Economy and Society in the Lower Danubian Roman Provinces, Colloquia Antiqua 25, Peters Publishers, Leuven, pp. 173–192.

Honcu, Ș., 2018, “Roman kitchenware discovered in the military environment in Dobrudja”, in Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautorum Acta 45, pp. 573–579.

Honcu, Ș., 2018, “Considerations on the current state of research on amphorae in the east-Carpathian area (2nd–3rd centuries AD)”, in Forțiu, S. (ed.), Arheovest VI. In memoriam Marian Guma, vol. I, JATEPress Kiadó, Szeged, pp. 439–450.