- In the wider central Balkan region, as well as in this part of Western Serbia, two significant, successive cultures developed and were named after eponymous sites: Starčevo from 6200 to 5300 BC and Vinča from 5300 to 4200 BC
- In the Čačak area, several sites from different phases of the Neolithic have been explored. Some of these sites, such as Crkvine in Miokovci and Bakovača in Ostra
- Older Neolithic settlements don’t usually show horizontal and vertical stratigraphy, which is a consequence of a relatively short stay in one place
