Copper Age

American  

noun

1. a cultural period intermediate between the Neolithic and the Bronze ages, marked by the development and use of copper tools.

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Etymology

Origin of Copper Age

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

The Copper Age communities of the Iberian Peninsula produced one of the most important archaeological records of late prehistory, but at the same time also one of the most puzzling for specialists.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023

The "Ivory Lady" shows that women may have held high leadership positions during the Copper Age, a transitional period between the Stone Age and the more technologically sophisticated Bronze Age.

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2023

Marta Cintas-Pena, a co-author and archaeologist at the University of Seville, maintains a database of Copper Age burials found at 21 different archaeological sites on the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain and Portugal.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

Copper Age sites contain monumental funerary structures, fortified mega-settlements and artifacts that originated in far-off places.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

The working of copper in the East has been traced back to the fourth millennium B.C., and there was also a very ancient Copper Age in the New World.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur