Archaeology of the 16th–20th century in the Czech Republic

This study is an overview of over fifty years of professional interest in archaeology of the modern age in the Czech lands.It highlights theoretical background and methods that it shares with archaeo logy focused on medieval periods, as well as new approaches and topics opened by archaeology of the modern era.Despite the fact that in recent decades research mainly focused on the early modern age (16th-18th centuries), reflections upon further development of this subdiscipline necessarily involve the extending of archaeological interest to material remains dating from the modern age and the recent past (19th-20th centuries).