Lubor Niederle

He was initially interested in classical archaeology, then studied anthropology, sociology and ethnology.

Niederle also travelled in several Slavic countries, studying archaeological findings and historical documents.

Niederle had helped to set up Slavic Institute (Slovanský ústav) in Prague [2] and directed it from 1928 until 1931.

Among his most-known works are Handbook of Czech Archaeology (Rukověť české archeologie, 1910, with Karel Buchtela) and mainly the eleven-volume series Slavic Antiquities (Slovanské starožitnosti) published between 1902 and 1934.

This series exhaustively investigated origin and prehistory of the Slavs, continuing earlier work by historian Pavel Josef Šafařík.