Archaeology of forced labour in 1950s Prague
The case of Stalin’s monument
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19213504 |
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| Authors | Daniel Pilař (0000-0003-2419-0139, Czech Academy of Sciences), Jan Hasil (0000-0002-4643-8767, Czech Academy of Sciences), Marek Dvořák (0000-0003-3731-2633, Czech Academy of Sciences) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 412 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2026.10345 |
| OpenAlex | W7161116391 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Excavations on Letná Hill uncovered a forgotten 1950s labour camp linked to Prague’s Stalin Monument. Preserved architecture and artefacts reveal the daily life of workers, driven less by physical violence than by ideological pressure and social consequences, shedding new light on forced labour and material culture in communist Czechoslovakia
Communism · Ideology · Social life · Architecture · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis · Soviet and Russian History
| Highly cited | No |
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