Copper Age

noun

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

First recorded in 1860–65

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

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

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

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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