Naďa Profantová (born 4 January 1962) is a Czech historian, archaeologist and expert publicist. Education and career Profantová was born on born 4 January 1962 in Prague, 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 shortly at the Central Bohemian Museum in Roztoky. In 2025 she is employed at the Archaeological Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. In addition to her research work, she also engages in teaching at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University and the University of Hradec Králové. Research 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 eight books as well as numerous studies, scientific papers, and publications on historical topics.
Profantová has published numerous monographs, including works on the Samo's Empire and Slavic mythology. She also contributed the first volume to a on Czech history, which covers the period up to 1197. Her other books include a work on Ludmila of Bohemia and three separate volumes detailing her archaeological excavations in Mikulčice, Klecany, and Roztoky. Publications The information below is from Czech bibliographical databases. Monographs and reviews
Selected publications
References
Further reading 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