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Jennifer Nalewicki

Remains of vast 7,000-year-old farming settlement found in a 'huge void' in Serbia

A black and white map of a settlement in Serbia.

Going off a local tip, archaeologists searching in a remote area of Serbia have discovered and fully mapped the remains of a vast 7,000-year-old settlement, experts told Live Science.

Located near Jarkovac, a village in northern Serbia, the Neolithic settlement covers approximately 32 acres (13 hectares) — about the area of 24 football fields — and is surrounded by several ditches, according to a statement from Kiel University.

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