Rudna Glava (archaeological site)

Rudna Glava (Ore Head) is a mining site in present-day eastern Serbia that 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]

Another early mine is located at Ai Bunar near Stara Zagora in Bulgaria.

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
• http://www.greatorme.freeserve.co.uk/Literature%20Review.htm
• http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab16

References

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

Cultural Heritage of Serbia Archaeological sites Exceptional Importance Great Importance Protected Monuments of Culture Exceptional Importance Great Importance Protected Historic Landmarks Exceptional Importance Great Importance Protected Spatial Cultural-Historical Units Exceptional Importance Great Importance Protected