Pločnik Плочник | |
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 Pločnik train station | |
  Pločnik Location of Pločnik | |
| Coordinates:43°12′12″N21°21′33″E / 43.20333°N 21.35917°E /43.20333; 21.35917 | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Municipality (Општина) | Prokuplje |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 182 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | 027 |
| License plate | PK |
Pločnik (Serbian:Плочник) is a village in the municipality ofProkuplje,Toplica District,Republic of Serbia. According to the 2002 population census, it is populated by 182 people, all of whom are declaredSerbs.
In 2007,an important European-archaeology excavation site was found in Pločnik. At this site, and in Belovode,[1] archaeologists have found the earliest current evidence ofcoppersmelting, dating from between 5500 BCE and 5000 BCE.[2][3] This shows that theCopper Age started 500 years earlier than previously thought, and probably somewhere near this region.
In November 2020 it was announced that the bones of the 6500 old femaledog found at the site in Pločnik by theUniversity 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.[4]
It was the site of the historically notable 1386Battle of Pločnik.Ottoman SultanMurad I led a sizable Turkish army in an invasion of Serbia. Serbian PrinceLazar 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 conquerNiš from the Prince on their return.
43°12′07″N21°21′20″E / 43.20194°N 21.35556°E /43.20194; 21.35556
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