Žitkovac
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Žitkovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Житковац) is a village in central Serbia situated in the municipality of Aleksinac, in the Nišava District. Žitkovac has a population of 2,680 as recorded in the 2002 census. The name Žitkovac stems .
Žitkovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Житковац) is a village in central Serbia situated in the municipality of Aleksinac, in the Nišava District. Žitkovac has a population of 2,680 as recorded in the 2002 census. The name Žitkovac stems . === Early period=== In Žitkovac and its neighbour-village Moravac, there are numerous archaeological findings from the middle Neolithic period (between 5300 and 4500 BC). According to Tihomir Đorđević, Serbian ethnologist and historian from the late 19th century, who was exploring the history of the Aleksinac valley, all villages of the actual municipality of Aleksinac located on the left side of the South Morava river, have been inhabited since middle neolithic. Most of its settlements belong to the Starčevo culture In 1985 several urns were found in Žitkovac, today stored in the homeland museum in Aleksinac. In 1994, the archeologists discovered a necropolis arie of 80 ha. Near the necropolis, numerous Neolithic ceramics and bronze artefacts were found 2002 in Moravac. Neolithic ceramics traces are scattered across the entire village. The Neolithic stone found in part of village Moravac called “Konjarnik” is displayed in the homeland museum in Aleksinac. ==References==
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