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Chalcolithic

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, Chalcolithic means: A regional archaeological period in which copper working accompanied continued use of stone tools.

In Turkish: Kalkolitik Çağ, Bakır Taş Çağı

How it is used

Use the Chalcolithic for the period and Chalcolithic before nouns; its dates vary by region.

Example sentences

  1. Copper ornaments lay beside stone blades in the Chalcolithic burial.

    The label allows metal and stone technologies to coexist.

  2. The museum dates its Chalcolithic gallery according to the local sequence.

    Regional chronology matters more than a universal starting date.

Common collocations

  • the Chalcolithic period
  • Chalcolithic settlement
  • NeolithicRelating to the New Stone Age, when people began farming, keeping animals and living in permanent villages, starting around 10,000 BC in the Near East.
  • Bronze AgeThe period when people made tools and weapons mainly from bronze, an alloy of copper and tin; in the Near East roughly 3300 to 1200 BC.

More terms: Periods and Eras

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