Lepenski Vir

Lepenski Vir

Lepenski Vir (Лепенски Вир, Lepen Whirl) is an important Mesolithic archaeological site located in Serbia in the central Balkan peninsula (first house aprox. 6250 BC, first cattle bone 6005 BC, with goat, sheep, pig, cereals and a closed oven). It consists of one large settlement with around ten satellite villages. The evidence suggests the first human presence in the locality around 7000 BC with the culture reaching its peak between 5300 BC and 4800 BC. Numerous piscine sculptures and peculiar architecture are testimony to a rich social and religious life led by the inhabitants and the high cultural level of these early Europeans.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepenski Vir
• Page 208 - Hunt, P., 2007, Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History: Penguin, New York, 226p.