Rudna Glava

Coordinates: 44°20′20″N 22°04′08″E / 44.339°N 22.069°E / 44.339; 22.069
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Rudna Glava (lit. 'Ore Head') is a mining site in present-day eastern Serbia, a village and an archeological site.

The site, located northwest of the present-day village, on the left bank of the Šaška, demonstrates one of the earliest evidences of European copper mining and metallurgy, dating to the 5th millennium BC.[1] Shafts were cut into the hillside, with scaffolding constructed for easy access to the veins of ore. It belongs to the Vinča culture,[2] as is shown by pottery-finds. In 1983, Rudna Glava was added to the Archaeological Sites of Exceptional Importance list, protected by Republic of Serbia.[3]

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  1. ^ Giulio Morteani; Jeremy P. Northover (2013-06-29). Prehistoric Gold in Europe: Mines, Metallurgy and Manufacture. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 163–. ISBN 978-94-015-1292-3.
  2. ^ Tasić, Nikola (1995). Историја Београда [History of Belgrade] (in Serbo-Croatian). Балканолошки институт САНУ [Balkan Institute of SANU]. p. 157. ISBN 978-86-7179-021-5.
  3. ^ Monuments of Culture in Serbia: Рудна Глава (SANU) (in Serbian and English)

44°20′20″N 22°04′08″E / 44.339°N 22.069°E / 44.339; 22.069

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