Zdeněk Měřínský (16 January 1948 in

Jihlava Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihla ...

– 9 September 2016 in Panská Lhota) was a Czech

archeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeol ...

and

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

specializing in medieval archaeology, Czech and Austrian medieval history, casteollogy (building and function of castles), evolution of the settlement structure, and

topography Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the landforms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps. Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary sci ...

. The head of the Department of Archaeology and

Museology Museology (also called museum studies or museum science) is the study of museums. It explores the history of museums and their role in society, as well as the activities they engage in, including curating, preservation, public programming, and ed ...

(Faculty of Arts) at the

Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) (; ) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno, it now consists of ten faculties and 35,115 students. It is named after To ...

. He also lectured at other universities. The author of several hundred scientific studies, author or co-author of several important monographs.Poslední rozloučení s prof. Měřínským

Selected works

* ''Morava ve středověku'' oravia in the Middle Ages(1999) * ''České země od příchodu Slovanů po Velkou Moravu I.'' he Czech Lands from the Arrival of the Slavs to Great Moravia I.(2002) * ''České země od příchodu Slovanů po Velkou Moravu II.'' he Czech Lands from the Arrival of the Slavs to Great Moravia II.(2006) * ''Dějiny Rakouska''

History of Austria The history of Austria covers the history of Austria and its predecessor states. In the late Iron Age Austria was occupied by people of the Hallstatt Celtic culture ( 800 BC), they first organized as a Celtic kingdom referred to by the Romans a ...

(2006, co-author) * ''Morava na úsvitě dějin'' oravia at the Dawn of History(2011) * ''Stěhování národů a východ Evropy'' igration Period and Eastern Europe(2013, co-author)

References

External links

Profile of Zdeněk Měřínský at the Masaryk University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Merinsky, Zdenek 1948 births 2016 deaths People from Jihlava 20th-century Czech historians Czech archaeologists Czech medievalists 21st-century Czech historians