Risovača Cave
Пећина Рисовача | |
minerals on the walls | |
| Alternative name | Pećina Risovača |
|---|---|
| Location | near Aranđelovac town |
| Region | central Serbia |
| Coordinates | 44°18′0″N 20°33′59″E / 44.30000°N 20.56639°E |
| History | |
| Periods | Palaeolithic |
| Cultures | Mousterian |
| Associated with | Homo neanderthalensis |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1953 |
Risovača Cave, (Serbian Cyrillic: Пећина Рисовача, romanized: Pećina Risovača) is situated at the very entrance of the town of Aranđelovac in central Serbia around 17 m (56 ft) above the Kubršnica river valley. It is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Paleolithic in Serbia besides the Gradac Cave near Kragujevac. Its discovery confirmed the assumed existence of the Paleolithic culture south of the Sava-Danube line and provided new information on the life of prehistoric humans in Europe.