The Bronze Age 33001200BC and The Iron Age 1200586BC The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human

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The Bronze Age (3300-1200BC) and The Iron Age
(1200-586BC)The term Bronze Age refers to a
period in human cultural development when the
most advanced metalworking (at least in
systematic and widespread use) consists of
techniques for smelting copper and tin from
naturally occurring outcroppings of ore, and then
alloying those metals in order to cast bronze
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The Beginnings of the Bronze Agepeople began
making small tools and decorative ornaments from
the native copper (chalkos) thus the phase is
termed Chalcolithic, referring to the transition
from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age.
Group of four vases, ca. 23002000 B.C. Early
Bronze Age
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Bowl with handles terminating in lotuses, ca.
850750 B.C
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Spearhead, 12th century B.C. Late Bronze
AgeCypriot
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Standard with two long-horned bulls, 24002000
B.C. Early Bronze Age
This pair of long-horned bulls probably served as
a finial for a religious or ceremonial standard.

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The Iron Age is the last principal period in the
three-age system for classifying pre-historic
societies, preceded by the Bronze Age. Its date
and context vary depending on the country or
geographical region.
Iron Age
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Sword, mid-1st century B.C. Late Iron Age,
CelticIron blade, L. 19 3/4 in.
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