Проблем убикације средњовековног Рудника
Ubication Issues Concerning Medieval Town of Rudnik

Summary/Abstract: Medieval town of Rudnik represented the center of the one of the most important mining regions of Serbia, marked by the continuous mining exploitation ranging from Prehistoric Times to the present. In spite of the fact that this settlement was one of the most important mining towns in Medieval Serbia, its exact location has not been determined yet. Considerable changes that occurred in the settlement network at the beginning of the XIXth century have by all means contributed to this, as well as the abundant material vestiges witnessing to the developed mining activities on the wide mining district. Researches conducted by this day have pointed out to three possible localities where Medieval Rudnik is to be searched. Judging on the concentration of the remains of the sacral objects and of the necropolises on the relatively small area of Rudničište, the fact that the majority of the authors brought this territory into connection with the very heart of the medieval settlement is made clearly comprehensible. Contrary to Rudničište, where the significant number of medieval remains disappeared under the construction works of the new settlement, in the territory of Majdan village, the remains attesting the former mining industry, altogether with the remains of several churches, necropolises and fortifications can be seen even today. The material remains, as well as the first Turkish registers, point out to Gradovi as the potential locality of Medieval Rudnik, where once a Turkish settlement existed. A relatively large number of Serbian houses was being noted in the registers until the middle of the XVIth century and the beginning of the decline of this mining site, which confirms the hypothesis that Turkish Rudnik and Medieval Rudnik occupied, in all likelihood, one and the same location.

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