Selevac
village in Podunavlje District, Serbia
Selevac (Serbian: Селевац) is a village in the municipality of Smederevska Palanka, Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the village has a population of 2,766 people.
Archaeology
Archaeological locality of Staro Selo is situated in the village. Just like the neighboring locality of Medvednjak in Grčac, it belongs to the end of Neolithic and early Eneolithic, or the period 4500-3500 BC, during the developed and ending phase of the Vinča culture when the first evidence of metallurgy appeared. The culture then disappears as the population presumably migrated. Both settlements were large, spreading on 40 to 60 ha (99 to 148 acres). The most important artifacts, kept in the People's Museum in Smederevska Palanka, are the anthropomorphic figurines of high artistic and artisan value. One of the most valuable and considered unique is the one called "Woman in labor", due to its contracted position. In total, there are over 1,000 figurines, some complete, some damaged, but it is estimated that at least 3,000 of them are in personal collections. Among others, the research was done by the archaeologists from the National Museum in Belgrade, Institute for Archaeology and People's Museum in Smederevska Palanka, University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University and Museo Archeologico from Udine, Italy.
The public source identifies “Selevac” as village in Podunavlje District, Serbia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Selevac, village and Podunavlje.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2737144. VIAF identifies the subject as 137475564. The Library of Congress control number is no00005898. Authority coordinates are 44.495, 20.874. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022.
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