Naďa Profantová

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Naďa Profantová (born 4 January 1962) is a Czech historian, archaeologist and expert publicist.

Profantová was born on born 4 January 1962 in Prague,^[1] Czechoslovakia. She studied prehistory at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. She has worked at the Archaeological Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and later at the Central Bohemian Museum in Roztoky near Prague. Currently, she is employed at the Archaeological Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.^[2] In addition to her research work, she also engages in teaching at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University^[3] and the University of Hradec Králové.

Profantová specializes in the early Middle Ages, the early Slavic period, the coexistence of Slavs with Avars, social elites, and the earliest fortified settlements (hradiště). She is the author of numerous studies, scientific papers, and publications on historical topics.^[4]

• 1992: "Awarische Funde aus den Gebieten nördlich der awarischen Siedlungsgrenzen.^[5]" In: F. Daim (Ed.): Awarenforschungen II. Vienna, pp.605-778.
• 1995: Sámova říše. Prague. ^[6]
• 1996: Kněžna Ludmila - vládkyně a světice, zakladatelka rodu^[7]. Prague.
• 1997: "On the archaeological evidence for Bohemian elites of the 8th-9th century." In: Čaplovič, D. & Doruľa, J. (Eds.): Central Europe in 8th-10th Centuries. Bratislava, pp. 105-114.
• 1997: "Ein Hortfund von Eisengegenständen aus Plužná, Kreis Mladá Boleslav." In: J. Klápště & P. Sommer (Eds.): Život v archeologii středověku. Prague, pp. 514-519.
• 1999: Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české I. Prague.
• 2000/2004: Encyklopedie slovanských bohů a mýtů. Prague.[1]
• 2003: Mikulčice - pohřebiště u6. a12. kostela. Brno. "The Middle Avar Period and the Problem of a 'Cultural Change' at the End of the Seventh Century North of the Avar Khaganate." ^[8]Antaeus, 29–30, pp. 215-232
• 2007: New data about the earliest of Early Medieval hill-forts and hill-sites iN the central Bohemia (8th and first half of 9th century)[2]
• 2010: "Awarische Funde in der Tschechischen Republik – Forschungsstand und neue Erkentnisse." Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, XLV, pp. 203-270.^[9]
• 2011: "Karolinské importy a jejich napodobování v Čechách, případně na Moravě (konec 8.–10. století)." In: Turčan, V. (Ed.): Karolínska kultúra a Slovensko. Zborník Slovenského národného múzea – Archeológia, Supplementum4. Bratislava, pp. 71-104 [3]

• Sígl, Miroslav. Kdo byl a je kdo: Mělnicko, Kralupsko, Neratovicko: osobnosti, samospráva, historie. 1st ed. Prague: Nakladatelství Libri, 2007, p. 355.
• Lexikon českých historiků. 1st ed. Ostrava: Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava, 2012, p. 440