Pločnik
Pločnik ( Serbian - Cyrillic Плочник ) is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje in southern Serbia . According to the 2002 census, 182 people lived in the village.
The place is known from the battle of Pločnik in 1386. The Ottoman Sultan Murad I led an army against the Serbian prince Lazar Hrebeljanović . The Ottomans lost the battle, but were able to conquer the city of Niš some time later with reinforcements .
During archaeological excavations in the vicinity of the place, a prehistoric settlement with objects made of copper such as axes and chisels from the 6th millennium BC was found. These finds, which are attributed to the Vinča culture , are currently the oldest smelted copper objects in the world and are up to 800 years older than the previously known Neolithic finds.
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- ↑ Ancient ax find suggests Copper Age began earlier than believed . Thaindian News on October 9, 2008 (reprinted from a report by Asian News International)
- ↑ Angelika Franz: Archaeologists are puzzling over 7000 year old copper finds . In: Spiegel Online from December 27, 2010 (accessed October 3, 2013)
Coordinates: 43 ° 11 ′ 52 ″ N , 21 ° 21 ′ 24 ″ E