the Iron Age
noun
: a period of time between about 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. in which people used iron to make weapons and tools
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More than eight hundred artifacts dating to the Iron Age have been discovered in England, comprising one of the largest such troves ever found in the UK.
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News Desk, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2025
Experts think the items belonged to the Brigantes, a tribe that controlled much of northern England during the Iron Age.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Nearly three millennia ago in central Italy, people of the Iron Age lived in wooden homes.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Archaeologists suspect the inhabitants of the Iron Age settlement deliberately buried the Roman brooch, possibly as an offering or other ritual deposit.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2025
Experts think the items belonged to the Brigantes, a tribe that controlled much of northern England during the Iron Age.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Nearly three millennia ago in central Italy, people of the Iron Age lived in wooden homes.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Archaeologists suspect the inhabitants of the Iron Age settlement deliberately buried the Roman brooch, possibly as an offering or other ritual deposit.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Iron Age
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