Culture, Chronology and the Chalcolithic

• अन्य लेखक: Lovell, J. (संपादक), Rowan, Yorke (संपादक)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Council for British Research in the Levant 2011
• विषय: Archaeology
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

To some, the Chalcolithic (4700/4500-3700/3600 BC cal.), as the first period with metallurgy, large sprawling villages, rich mortuary offerings, and cult centres, represents a developmental stage on the road to the urban Bronze Age, the "dawn of history". Others have called it 'the en...