Štátny Archeologický ústav a jeho aktivity v roku 1940 vo svetle archívneho výskumu

In 1940 State Archaeological Institute celebrated its first anniversary. However, there was no reason for celebrating. Institute continually suffered under insufficient funding which negatively influenced its activities. During the first 5 months of 1940 no archaeological excavations took place. Only in June the first proper excavation began in Kožany. Nevertheless, even this excavation was affected by financial problems. However, the head of the Institute – Vojtech Budaváry – never gave up. He continued with his scientific research and rescuing of archaeological finds across the whole country at the same intensity. In this paper it will be tried to document his activities in 1940 which overlapped with activities of the Institute. New insight will be provided by research in the Archive of the former State Archaeological Institute.