Chalcolithic
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Relating to the time when people used both stone and copper tools before the Bronze Age
- adjective
- /ˌkæl.kəˈlɪθ.ɪk/
- Specialized
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chalcolítico
- Here I will explore the continuity between the body temples of European Neolithic-Chalcolithic prehistory and the sacred trefoil motif that is visible in Neo-Byzantine churches.
Examples
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Archaeologists discovered tools from a Chalcolithic culture that shaped early human history.
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The Chalcolithic era marked a significant transition in the development of metalworking.
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Artifacts from the Chalcolithic period show a combination of stone and copper technologies.
Surface Forms
Chalcolithic positive
Morphology
Chalcolithic = chalcolith (opaque) = chalco + lith + ic
The term is specialized and not easily deduced from its parts without historical context.
Etymology
Chalcolithic is made from Greek parts chalco- 'copper' and -lithic 'stone', like in Neolithic. So something called Chalcolithic relates to the time when people used both copper and stone tools.