eneolithic
Speech parts
1. eneolithic - Adjective
2. Eneolithic - Proper noun
Meaning
Eneolithic (comparative more Eneolithic, superlative most Eneolithic)
(archaeology, paleontology) Describing the age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
Eneolithic
(archaeology, paleontology) The age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
eneolithic (not comparable)
Alternative form of Eneolithic
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About the year 1900, many writers began to substitute "Chalcolithic" for Eneolithic, to avoid the false segmentation.
After several years, a number of complaints appeared in the literature that "Eneolithic" seemed to the untrained eye to be produced from e-neolithic, "outside the Neolithic," clearly not a definitive characterization of the Copper Age.
;Eneolithic main Periodization: Middle East : 4500 to 3300 BC; Europe : 3000 to 1700 BC; Elsewhere : varies greatly, depending on region.
The Eneolithic era is characterised by stone figurines with spread arms.