Vinča-Belo Brdo

Vinča-Belo Brdo
Винча-Бело брдо
Vinča-Belo Brdo tell site
Shown within Belgrade
LocationVinča, Serbia
Coordinates44°45′43″N 20°37′23″E / 44.76194°N 20.62306°E / 44.76194; 20.62306
TypeSettlement
Area10 ha (25 acres)
History
FoundedApproximately 5700 BCE
PeriodsNeolithic, Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Medieval
CulturesStarčevo, Vinča, Bodrogkeresztúr, Baden, Kostolac, Vatin, Celtic
TypeArchaeological Site of Exceptional Importance
Designated1950/1965
Reference no.АН 5

Vinča-Belo Brdo (Serbian: Винча-Бело брдо) is an archaeological site in Vinča, a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia. The tell of Belo Brdo ('White Hill') is almost entirely made up of the remains of human settlement, and was occupied several times from the Early Neolithic (c. 5700 BCE) through to the Middle Ages. The most substantial archaeological deposits are from the Neolithic-Chalcolithic Vinča culture, of which Vinča-Belo Brdo is the type site.