Chalcolithic
/ˌkælkəˈlɪθɪk/adjective
1- Archaeology of, relating to, or denoting a period in the 4th and 3rd millennia BC, chiefly in the Near East and SE Europe, during which some weapons and tools were made of copper. This period was still largely Neolithic in character.【考古】(与)红铜时代(有关)的。亦称ENEOLITHIC.
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- as noun the Chalcolithic the Chalcolithic period红铜时代。亦称COPPER AGE.
词源
early 20th cent.: from Greek khalkos 'copper' + lithos 'stone'+-IC.