The traces of early settlements can be found on neolithic
localities such as: Macina (near ZitniPotok), Kavolak 6 km. on
the west from Prokuplje (village DonjaTrnava) and settlements on south slopes
of Jastrebac mountain in DonjaBresnica village. Vinca
period is preserved in Plocnik locality (22 km. from Prokuplje), on the
left side of Prokuplje –Kursumlija road. The earliest known metalworking in
Europe was