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 study describes the productive forces of these communities based, above all, on the macrolithic artifacts, essential tools for achieving a large part of the tasks undertaken in the Copper Age.

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

The Iceman, older than Egyptian pyramids, offered a peek at a human from the Copper Age.

From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2018

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