Svojom muzeološkom djelatnošću, stručnim i znanstvenim radom Ćiro Truhelka ostavio je velik trag u Bosni i Hercegovini. Bilo da se radilo o iskopavanjima, publiciranju nalaza ili administraciji, Ćiro Truhelka je s puno entuzijazma, poduzetnosti i odlučnosti pristupao svakom poslu. Njegovi suvremenici relativno su rano počeli neargumentirano kritizirati i kontroverzno ocjenjivati njegova postignuća, što su potom »preuzeli« i njegovi nasljednici u Zemaljskom muzeju. Ovim radom nastoji se ispraviti nepravda učinjena ovom velikom arheologu, kako pogrdna i ružna riječ ne bi bila posljednje što ostaje iza njegovog djela.Ćiro Truhelka left a major mark on Bosnia-Herzegovina through his museum activities and professional and scholarly work. Whether working on excavations, publishing his finds or in administration, Truhelka approached each task with great enthusiasm, energy and dedication. His contemporaries began to baselessly disparage and tendentiously critique his accomplishments rather early, a practice “taken on” by his successors in the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This work constitutes an attempt to rectify the injustice done to this great archaeologist, so that belittling and unseemly comments do not remain the final word on his work