Rudna Glava

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]

See also

• Archaeological Sites of Exceptional Importance

Sources and external links

• Borislav Jovanović, Rudna Glava, najstarije rudarstvo bakra na centralnom Balkanu. Bor, Muzej rudarstva i metallurgije/Beograd, Arheološki institut 1982.
• J. P. Mallory and Martin E. Huld, "Metal", Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
• http://www.komunikacija.org.rs/komunikacija/casopisi/starinar/XLIX_*ns/d16/document^[permanent dead link‍]
• Archeology - Archaeometallurgy
• History of Mining
• History of Metallurgy

References

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)

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