Jindřich Wankel’s collaboration with the k. k. Central-Commission zur Erforschung und Erhaltung der Kunst- und historischen Denkmale is not a widely known area of the scholar’s activities. And yet, in doing so he significantly contributed to the protection of archaeological heritage in Moravia: first as the commission’s correspondent (1883/1884–1885) and later as a conservator (1885–1893). His position enabled him to act in favour of the Olomouc Patriotic Museum Association and the Museum run by them. His activities were hindered by the legal framework of the time. Archaeological finds and sites were considered the property of the landowner and access to such required negotiations with the landowner and calling on their goodwill. This is clearly illustrated by the individual cases in which Wankel was involved.
Nedávné vyhodnocení nálezů z hrobu s dvoukolovým vozem v Kladrubech u Rokycan pominulo archivní prameny, jež se k výzkumu z roku 1906 vztahují. Kromě korespondence jde o nevyužité nákresy nálezové situace, jež doplňují dosavadní poznatky o poloze a vzájemných prostorových souvislostech artefaktů vložených do hrobu. and A recent evaluation of finds from a grave containing a chariot in Kladruby near Rokycany disregarded archive sources related to the excavation in 1906. In addition to letters, this involves drawings of the find situation that supplement existing knowledge of the location, and the mutual spatial contexts of the artefacts deposited in the grave.