Ancient Marvel: Massive 7000-Year-Old Farming Hub Found

In Serbia, researchers came across the remains of a Neolithic agricultural settlement. Archaeologists were impressed by the size of this place. In its prime, the settlement’s area could have been equivalent to up to 24 football fields.

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5 min readMay 11, 2024
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Agriculture in Europe likely began around 8000 years ago, which is 4000 years later than in the Fertile Crescent region. The origins of land cultivation on our continent are linked to the arrival of people from the areas of the Middle East, present-day Turkey, and Iraq. These migrating peoples brought with them advanced agricultural technology for their time.

A Prehistoric Agricultural Settlement Discovered in Serbia

This was indicated, among other things, by genetic studies. It turned out that the first European farmers were most closely related to the population of the Middle East. Agriculture in Europe began to…

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