Valeriu Sîrbu is a senior archaeologist of the second Iron Age with more than forty years of experience. His main contributions are in the archaeology of ritual, magic, human and animal sacrifices, and sacred places and fortifications in Pre-Roman Dacia. ; Maria-Magdalena Ștefan is an archaeologist dealing with tumuli graves in the Lower Danube area, Hellenistic tomb architecture and decoration, multi-cultural interactions in border zones and ancient identities. ; Dan Ștefan is an archaeologist and geophysicist and an experienced analyst of archaeological landscapes with non-invasive methods, including LiDAR and aerial prospection. He has worked at more than one hundred archaeological sites in Romania, the Republic of Moldavia, Bulgaria and Greece.

• Introduction ; Chapter 1: The History of Research at Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 2: Research Objectives and Methodologies ; Chapter 3: Broader Context ; Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 4 The Place ; Chapter 5 The Enclosure Wall (krepis) ; Chapter 6 The Mound ; Chapter 7: Sema ; Chapter 8: The Tomb ; Chapter 9: Plasters and Pigments ; Chapter 10: Analysis of Stones Found in the Area of the Funerary Complex of the Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 11: The Hellenistic Tomb under the Documaci Tumulus – a Cult Space During The Medieval Period ; Chapter 12: Catalogue of Ceramic Finds ; Chapter 13: Small Finds ; Chapter 14: Analysis of Faunal Remains Found in the Ritual Deposits of Documaci Tumulus ; Concluding Remarks ; References

‘The welcome first volume of publication of the spectacular Early Hellenistic Documaci Tumulus at Callatis, investigated by an international and interdisciplinary research team. Between Introduction and the concluding remarks come 14 chapters an account of objectives and methodologies and the ‘Broad Context’ of Callatis in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.’ – Gocha R. Tsetskhladze and James Hargrave (2024): Ancient West and East Volume 23

Valeriu Sîrbu is a senior archaeologist of the second Iron Age with more than forty years of experience. His main contributions are in the archaeology of ritual, magic, human and animal sacrifices, and sacred places and fortifications in Pre-Roman Dacia. ; Maria-Magdalena Ștefan is an archaeologist dealing with tumuli graves in the Lower Danube area, Hellenistic tomb architecture and decoration, multi-cultural interactions in border zones and ancient identities. ; Dan Ștefan is an archaeologist and geophysicist and an experienced analyst of archaeological landscapes with non-invasive methods, including LiDAR and aerial prospection. He has worked at more than one hundred archaeological sites in Romania, the Republic of Moldavia, Bulgaria and Greece.

• Introduction ; Chapter 1: The History of Research at Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 2: Research Objectives and Methodologies ; Chapter 3: Broader Context ; Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 4 The Place ; Chapter 5 The Enclosure Wall (krepis) ; Chapter 6 The Mound ; Chapter 7: Sema ; Chapter 8: The Tomb ; Chapter 9: Plasters and Pigments ; Chapter 10: Analysis of Stones Found in the Area of the Funerary Complex of the Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 11: The Hellenistic Tomb under the Documaci Tumulus – a Cult Space During The Medieval Period ; Chapter 12: Catalogue of Ceramic Finds ; Chapter 13: Small Finds ; Chapter 14: Analysis of Faunal Remains Found in the Ritual Deposits of Documaci Tumulus ; Concluding Remarks ; References

‘The welcome first volume of publication of the spectacular Early Hellenistic Documaci Tumulus at Callatis, investigated by an international and interdisciplinary research team. Between Introduction and the concluding remarks come 14 chapters an account of objectives and methodologies and the ‘Broad Context’ of Callatis in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.’ – Gocha R. Tsetskhladze and James Hargrave (2024): Ancient West and East Volume 23

Valeriu Sîrbu is a senior archaeologist of the second Iron Age with more than forty years of experience. His main contributions are in the archaeology of ritual, magic, human and animal sacrifices, and sacred places and fortifications in Pre-Roman Dacia. ; Maria-Magdalena Ștefan is an archaeologist dealing with tumuli graves in the Lower Danube area, Hellenistic tomb architecture and decoration, multi-cultural interactions in border zones and ancient identities. ; Dan Ștefan is an archaeologist and geophysicist and an experienced analyst of archaeological landscapes with non-invasive methods, including LiDAR and aerial prospection. He has worked at more than one hundred archaeological sites in Romania, the Republic of Moldavia, Bulgaria and Greece.

• Introduction ; Chapter 1: The History of Research at Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 2: Research Objectives and Methodologies ; Chapter 3: Broader Context ; Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 4 The Place ; Chapter 5 The Enclosure Wall (krepis) ; Chapter 6 The Mound ; Chapter 7: Sema ; Chapter 8: The Tomb ; Chapter 9: Plasters and Pigments ; Chapter 10: Analysis of Stones Found in the Area of the Funerary Complex of the Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 11: The Hellenistic Tomb under the Documaci Tumulus – a Cult Space During The Medieval Period ; Chapter 12: Catalogue of Ceramic Finds ; Chapter 13: Small Finds ; Chapter 14: Analysis of Faunal Remains Found in the Ritual Deposits of Documaci Tumulus ; Concluding Remarks ; References

‘The welcome first volume of publication of the spectacular Early Hellenistic Documaci Tumulus at Callatis, investigated by an international and interdisciplinary research team. Between Introduction and the concluding remarks come 14 chapters an account of objectives and methodologies and the ‘Broad Context’ of Callatis in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.’ – Gocha R. Tsetskhladze and James Hargrave (2024): Ancient West and East Volume 23