Copper Age

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Copper Age¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

The mercury-laced bones mostly came from Copper Age tombs, elaborate affairs housing the resting places of multiple people—one tomb, for instance, belonged to seven women who may have been priestesses.

From Popular-Science

Of the metal ages, the existence of a true copper age has been placed beyond reasonable doubt.

From Project Gutenberg

On conjugial love with those who lived in the copper age, n. 77.

From Project Gutenberg

But the few copper implements we possess do not suggest a "Copper Age" of any length or extent.

From Project Gutenberg

It need hardly be said that where copper is scarce, as in Britain, we cannot expect to find much trace of a Copper Age.

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