- When archeological excavations began in Djerdap before the construction of the hydroelectric power plant on the Danube in the mid-1960s, no one could have guessed that a hitherto unknown, complex, and in many ways original prehistoric culture whose material remains dated back to the Mesolithic would be discovered
- It became clear that this was a new Mesolithic culture, which was immediately recognised as important on the archaeological map of Europe
- This civilisation was named Lepenski Vir culture after the location of its discovery
