Pločnik (Serbian: Плочник) is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Toplica District, Republic of Serbia.

[2][3] This shows that the Copper 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 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.

Ottoman Sultan Murad I led a sizable Turkish army in an invasion of Serbia.

However, though beaten, the Turkish forces were still strong enough to conquer Niš from the Prince on their return.