Archaeogeneticist Wins More Than 30 Million Czech Crowns to Study Medieval Slavery
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- Masaryk University archaeogeneticist Zuzana Hofmanová received a 1.5 million euro grant, worth more than 36 million Czech crowns.
- The research will examine the slave trade in the early Middle Ages, a relatively little-known area of European history.
The slave trade in the early Middle Ages remains one of the least understood chapters of European history. Zuzana Hofmanová, an archaeogeneticist at Brno’s Masaryk University, has secured a prestigious grant to investigate it.
The award is worth 1.5 million euros, or more than 36 million Czech crowns. The source identifies the project as research into slavery and the slave trade during the early medieval period.
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