the Bronze Age
noun
: a period of time that began between 4000 and 3000 B.C. in which people used bronze to make weapons and tools
The artifact dates to the Bronze Age.
a Bronze Age weapon/tool
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Historians say that the ancient bog butter could date back to the Bronze Age, according to the Irish Examiner, but more research is being done at the National Museum of Ireland.
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2024
While previous research has suggested kefir spread from the northern Caucasus in modern Russia to Europe and beyond, the study shows the spread also took another route toward inland Asia: from present-day Xinjiang via Tibet, giving crucial evidence of how the Bronze Age populations interacted.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
Additionally, the new study finds that the necklaces contained at least two different types of cheese: one made from cow’s milk, the other from goat milk–specifically from a type of goat widespread across Eurasia during the Bronze Age.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
Garnet The deep red garnet is a gemstone that’s been used since the Bronze Age.
—Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2024
While previous research has suggested kefir spread from the northern Caucasus in modern Russia to Europe and beyond, the study shows the spread also took another route toward inland Asia: from present-day Xinjiang via Tibet, giving crucial evidence of how the Bronze Age populations interacted.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
Additionally, the new study finds that the necklaces contained at least two different types of cheese: one made from cow’s milk, the other from goat milk–specifically from a type of goat widespread across Eurasia during the Bronze Age.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
Garnet The deep red garnet is a gemstone that’s been used since the Bronze Age.
—Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
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