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'''Pločnik''' ({{lang-sr|Плочник}}) is a village in the municipality of [[Prokuplje]], [[Toplica District|Toplica]] District, [[Republic of Serbia]]. According to the 2002 population census, it's populated by 182, all of whom declared [[Serbs]]. Not long ago, an important European-archaeology excavation site has been founded in Pločnik.
 
==History==
It was the seat of the historical notable 1386 [[Battle of Pločnik]]. Ottoman Sultan [[Murad I]] led a sizable Turkish Army in an invasion of Serbia. Moravian Prince [[Lazar Hrebeljanović]] led the Serbian Army to intercept him. The Ottoman army suffered a defeat. However though beaten, the Turkish forces were still strong enough to conquer [[Niš]] from the Prince on their return.▼
{{main|Pločnik (archaeological site)}}
 
===Chalcolithic copper smelting===
Nearby is the 120 hectare Pločnik archaeology site. The Pločnik settlement, which flourished from 5500 BC until it was destroyed by a fire in 4700 BC, is part of the [[Neolithic]] [[Vinča culture]] which was Europe's largest prehistoric civilization.
Not long ago, published in 2007, [[Pločnik (archaeological site)|an important European-archaeology excavation site]] was found in Pločnik. At this site, and in Belovode,<ref>[http://www.serbia.com/serbia-a-place-where-man-discovered-metal-2/ Serbia, a place where man discovered metal?]</ref> archaeologists have found the earliest current evidence of [[copper]] [[smelting]], dating from between 5500 BCE and 5000 BCE.<ref>[http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002557.html Ancient metal workshop found in Serbia]</ref><ref>[http://www.archaeologydaily.com/news/201006274431/Belovode-site-in-Serbia-may-have-hosted-first-copper-makers.html Belovode site in Serbia may have hosted first copper makers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229205002/http://www.archaeologydaily.com/news/201006274431/Belovode-site-in-Serbia-may-have-hosted-first-copper-makers.html |date=2012-02-29 }}</ref> This shows that the [[Copper Age]] started 500 years earlier than previously thought, and probably somewhere near this region.
 
===Dog domestication===
On October 9, 2008, Serbian archaeologists in [[Pločnik]] found a copper axe believed to be 500-800 years older than the actual beginning of the Copper Age, suggesting that the human use of metal is older than believed<ref>http://www.serbianna.com/news/2008/03159.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/ancient-axe-find-suggests-copper-age-began-earlier-than-believed_100105122.html</ref><ref>http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002557.html</ref>.
In November 2020 it was announced that the bones of the 6500 old female [[dog]] found at the site in Pločnik by the [[University College London]] and the local Museum of Toplica crew show proof of Middle Eastern domestication, as one of the five branches of ancient canine-[[wolf]] common species that, along with the Siberian branches, gave rise to the modern dog.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/news/2020/nov/institute-researcher-contributes-global-study-ancient-dog-dna| title = Institute researcher contributes to global study of ancient dog DNA {{!}} Institute of Archaeology - UCL – University College London| date = November 2020}} </ref>
 
===Medieval Ottoman invasion===
▲It was the seatsite of the historicalhistorically notable 1386 [[Battle of Pločnik]]. [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Sultan [[Murad I]] led a sizable Turkish Armyarmy in an invasion of Serbia. MoravianSerbian Prince [[Lazar Hrebeljanović]] led the Serbian Armyarmy to intercept him. The Ottoman army suffered a defeat. However, though beaten, the Turkish forces were still strong enough to conquer [[Niš]] from the Prince on their return.
 
==References==
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