Rudna Glava
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.
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%5B%5D
- Archeology - Archaeometallurgy
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051004092150/http://www.greatorme.freeserve.co.uk/Literature%20Review.htm
- http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab16
References
- 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.
- Tasić 1995, p. 157
- Monuments of Culture in Serbia: Рудна Глава (SANU) (in Serbian and English)
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