Rudna Glava () is a mining site in present-day eastern

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, 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

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* Borislav Jovanović, Rudna Glava, najstarije rudarstvo bakra na centralnom Balkanu. Bor, Muzej rudarstva i metallurgije/Beograd, Arheološki institut 1982. *

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and Martin E. Huld, "Metal", ''

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'', Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. * http://www.komunikacija.org.rs/komunikacija/casopisi/starinar/XLIX_*ns/d16/document
Archeology - Archaeometallurgy

History of Metallurgy

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{{Bor District Archaeological sites in Serbia Copper mines in Serbia Prehistoric mines Archaeological Sites of Exceptional Importance Vinča culture

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