Bronze Age
noun
: the period of ancient human culture characterized by the use of bronze that began between 4000 and 3000 b.c. and ended with the advent of the Iron Age
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Native Americans were using dice for gaming long before Bronze Age societies in the Old World, according to a new Colorado State University study.
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Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Characteristic of the late Bronze Age or Iron Age periods of European history, hillforts generally refer to fortified, elevated settlements that were surrounded by barriers—usually made of earth, stone or wooden palisades—that created an enclosure.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Apr. 2026
The dice evidence is about 6,000 years older than the equivalent in Bronze Age societies in Africa, Europe, and Asia.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Between 2020 and 2022, a hoard of Bronze Age artifacts including axes, spearheads, rings and a sword scabbard were discovered by metal detectorists in Wales.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
This method confirmed that specimens found at Haughey’s Fort—a Late Bronze Age hillfort in County Armagh dating to 1100–900 BCE—were goats.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
For this new study, researchers analyzed goat remains dating back to about 1100-900 BCE from a Bronze Age hillfort called Haughey’s Fort in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
Villainous weirdos like Bronze Age Pervert, Curtis Yarvin, or Jack Donovan who populate the ranks of far-right intellectuals are obsessed with their own fabulism about antiquity, reminding one of the murderous gaggle of privileged college kids in Donna Tart’s 1993 campus novel The Secret History.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Her book begins with a consideration of birth practices among women from the Minoan civilization—Bronze Age inhabitants of the island of Crete, whose deities included a goddess of childbirth.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
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Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Characteristic of the late Bronze Age or Iron Age periods of European history, hillforts generally refer to fortified, elevated settlements that were surrounded by barriers—usually made of earth, stone or wooden palisades—that created an enclosure.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Apr. 2026
The dice evidence is about 6,000 years older than the equivalent in Bronze Age societies in Africa, Europe, and Asia.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Between 2020 and 2022, a hoard of Bronze Age artifacts including axes, spearheads, rings and a sword scabbard were discovered by metal detectorists in Wales.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
This method confirmed that specimens found at Haughey’s Fort—a Late Bronze Age hillfort in County Armagh dating to 1100–900 BCE—were goats.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
For this new study, researchers analyzed goat remains dating back to about 1100-900 BCE from a Bronze Age hillfort called Haughey’s Fort in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
Villainous weirdos like Bronze Age Pervert, Curtis Yarvin, or Jack Donovan who populate the ranks of far-right intellectuals are obsessed with their own fabulism about antiquity, reminding one of the murderous gaggle of privileged college kids in Donna Tart’s 1993 campus novel The Secret History.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Her book begins with a consideration of birth practices among women from the Minoan civilization—Bronze Age inhabitants of the island of Crete, whose deities included a goddess of childbirth.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
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