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adj
Describing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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Synonyms: Chalcolithic, Cyprolithic, Copper Age
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Alternative form of Eneolithic.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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The age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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Synonyms: Copper Age, Chalcolithic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Italian eneolitico, from Latin aeneus (“copper, bronze”).
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