Culture, Chronology and the Chalcolithic

• Other Authors: Lovell, J. (Editor), Rowan, Yorke (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Council for British Research in the Levant 2011
• Subjects: Archaeology
• Online Access: 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...