20 new archaeological sites discovered during preparations to build power line in western Serbia

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During a field survey of a future power line archaeologists discovered 20 new archaeological sites in western Serbia, the ArcheoSerbia Facebook page announced.

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These sites span from the deep prehistoric times, the Paleolithic period some 40,000 years ago, up to late medieval period, a post said.

The sites have been detected in areas of Valjevo, Ljig and Mionica, the most significant being the ones related to the earliest presence of the humans on the territory of Serbia, dating back to the Paleolithic period, located in villages Cvetanovac, Bosnjanovic, Ducic, Todorin Do, Gornji Music, and Radobic.

Artifacts from this period include flint stone tools made in Levallois knapping (flaking) technique.

Besides Stone age sites, archaeologists have detected sites from the antiquity and medieval periods, along the rivers Kacapa and Kolubara.

The detailed survey was carried out by the Institute for Protection of Monuments of Culture from Valjevo, with participation of archeologists Nevena Pavlovic, Aleksandar Djukic, Jovana Popovic, and Radivoje Arsic.

(Telegraf.rs)