The archaeological site at Popești (Co. Giurgiu) at the crossroads between research, conservation, and public archaeology
The archaeological site at Popești (Co. Giurgiu) at the crossroads between research, conservation, and public archaeology

Summary/Abstract: For several decades, archaeologists considered the site at Popeşti (belonging to the town of Mihăileşti, Co. Giurgiu) from the perspective of basic research and, secondarily, from that of site conservation. The initiative of constructing a local museum related to such an important site was welcome both because it could offer the possibility to present the archaeological research to the wider public, and it could turn into an important element for the future development of the tourism in the region. Nevertheless, quite from the very beginning of the project, it became obvious that such a construction raises a lot of problems. This article discusses the most difficult of them – that of the appropriate location of the museum – from an archaeologist’s perspective.

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