Rudna Glava

'Ore Head') is a mining site in present-day eastern Serbia, a village and an archeological site.

The site, located northwest of the present-day village, on the left bank of the Šaška, demonstrates one of the earliest evidences of European copper mining and metallurgy, dating to the 5th millennium BC.

[1] Shafts were cut into the hillside, with scaffolding constructed for easy access to the veins of ore.

It belongs to the Vinča culture,[2] as is shown by pottery-finds.

In 1983, Rudna Glava was added to the Archaeological Sites of Exceptional Importance list, protected by Republic of Serbia.