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  Chalcolithic

  adjective

  of, relating to, or characteristic of the Copper Age.
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  chalcolithic

  adjective

  archaeol of or relating to a period characterized by the use of both stone and bronze implements

Chalcolithic

American  

[kal-kuh-lith-ik] / ˌkæl kəˈlɪθ ɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Copper Age.

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chalcolithic British  

/ ˌkælkəˈlɪθɪk /

adjective

1. archaeol of or relating to a period characterized by the use of both stone and bronze implements

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Chalcolithic Scientific  

/ kăl′kə-lĭth′ĭk /

1. The period of human culture preliminary to the Bronze Age, characterized by the use of copper and stone tools. The Chalcolithic Period is generally recognized only for Europe and central and western Asia.

2. Also called Copper and Stone Age

3. See Note at Three Age system

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Etymology

Origin of Chalcolithic

First recorded in 1900–05; chalco- + -lithic

Example Sentences

The Chalcolithic represented a transitional time in the region’s history.

From Scientific American • Oct. 10, 2023

Typically, males from this Chalcolithic society were interred laying on their right side facing east while women were placed on their left side facing west.

From Scientific American • May 23, 2012

The first Chalcolithic culture appeared suddenly -- and mysteriously -- in the Near East in about 4000 B.C. and quickly spread toward the Indus River basin and the Mediterranean.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Mesopotamia the fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates, the Chalcolithic people were building the first large city-states -- Uruk, Ur and Eridu Larsa -- in what is now southern Iraq.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chalcolithic period: in Mesopotamia, 85: in Syria, 59 f.

From How to Observe in Archaeology by Various