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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." Shafts were cut into the hillside, with scaffolding constructed for easy access——to the veins of ore. It belongs to the Vinča culture, 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.

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
• Archeology - Archaeometallurgy
• History of Mining
• History of Metallurgy

References※

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