Bronze Agen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbrɒnz eɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈbrɑnz ˌeɪdʒ/

Forms: also with lower-case initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bronze n., age n.

Etymology: < bronze n. + age n., after Danish bronzealder (C. J. Thomsen in N. M. Petersen et al. Ledetraad til norsk oldkyndighed (1836) 58, as broncealder). Compare German Bronzezeitalter (1837 as Bronce-Zeitalter in a translation of the Danish work, or earlier), and (now usually) Bronzezeit (1838, with reference to the Danish work, or earlier).

Archaeology.

A. n.

With the. The period in which techniques for making tools and weapons from bronze were first introduced in a particular region; spec. (in the Three Age System of C. J. Thomsen) the prehistoric period following the Stone Age and succeeded by the Iron Age.Sometimes subdivided in the Early, Middle, and Late Bronze Ages.

The Bronze Age is conventionally considered to have begun in the Near East and south-eastern Europe in the late 4th and early 3rd millennium b.c. It is associated with the first European civilizations, the beginnings of urban life in China, and the final stages of some Meso-American civilizations, but did not take place in Africa and Australasia at all.

ΚΠ

c1842 C. C. Rafn in Mém. de la Soc. Royale des Antiquaires du Nord 1840–4 (1845) 112 In the case of both these discoveries, the articles found belong to the bronze age, as it is called, or the period when weapons and cutting implements were made of bronze, the use of iron not having been then introduced.

1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times ii. 31 There are four principal theories as to the Bronze age.

1928 Antiquity 2 37 The later phases of the Bronze Age are marked by the spread of large cremation cemeteries generally termed urnfields.

1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 i. 14 Bronze anvils seem to have been first produced in the later Middle Bronze Age, a time when the range of bronze implements increased considerably.

2006 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 126 21 The large percentage of Anatolians within the population of Ugarit and northern Syria in the Late Bronze Age.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or dating from the Bronze Age. Also: designating this period.

ΚΠ

1863 Chambers's Jrnl. 28 Mar. 196/2 It must be three thousand three hundred years since the Bronze Age people lived in that lake-dwelling.

1885 E. A. Allen Prehist. World 253 Small brass rings were probably used by people of the Swiss lake villages of the Bronze Age epoch as money.

1906 Archaeol. Æliana 2 147 The great difficulty of attempting to fix any relevant dates of Bronze Age beakers by a comparison either of their shape or ornamentation.

2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales ii. 61/1 In the town's steep mountain-backed hinterland can be found many prehistoric sites including one of Wales' best known Bronze Age stone circles, Cefn Coch.

2021 E. Griffiths Night Hawks ix. 85 The skeleton was surrounded by broken swords. That's how we know it's Bronze Age.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	bronze age
释义	Bronze Agen.adj. Brit. /ˈbrɒnz eɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈbrɑnz ˌeɪdʒ/ Forms: also with lower-case initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bronze n., age n. Etymology: < bronze n. + age n., after Danish bronzealder (C. J. Thomsen in N. M. Petersen et al. Ledetraad til norsk oldkyndighed (1836) 58, as broncealder). Compare German Bronzezeitalter (1837 as Bronce-Zeitalter in a translation of the Danish work, or earlier), and (now usually) Bronzezeit (1838, with reference to the Danish work, or earlier). Archaeology. A. n. With the. The period in which techniques for making tools and weapons from bronze were first introduced in a particular region; spec. (in the Three Age System of C. J. Thomsen) the prehistoric period following the Stone Age and succeeded by the Iron Age.Sometimes subdivided in the Early, Middle, and Late Bronze Ages. The Bronze Age is conventionally considered to have begun in the Near East and south-eastern Europe in the late 4th and early 3rd millennium b.c. It is associated with the first European civilizations, the beginnings of urban life in China, and the final stages of some Meso-American civilizations, but did not take place in Africa and Australasia at all. ΚΠ c1842 C. C. Rafn in Mém. de la Soc. Royale des Antiquaires du Nord 1840–4 (1845) 112 In the case of both these discoveries, the articles found belong to the bronze age, as it is called, or the period when weapons and cutting implements were made of bronze, the use of iron not having been then introduced. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times ii. 31 There are four principal theories as to the Bronze age. 1928 Antiquity 2 37 The later phases of the Bronze Age are marked by the spread of large cremation cemeteries generally termed urnfields. 1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 i. 14 Bronze anvils seem to have been first produced in the later Middle Bronze Age, a time when the range of bronze implements increased considerably. 2006 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 126 21 The large percentage of Anatolians within the population of Ugarit and northern Syria in the Late Bronze Age. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or dating from the Bronze Age. Also: designating this period. ΚΠ 1863 Chambers's Jrnl. 28 Mar. 196/2 It must be three thousand three hundred years since the Bronze Age people lived in that lake-dwelling. 1885 E. A. Allen Prehist. World 253 Small brass rings were probably used by people of the Swiss lake villages of the Bronze Age epoch as money. 1906 Archaeol. Æliana 2 147 The great difficulty of attempting to fix any relevant dates of Bronze Age beakers by a comparison either of their shape or ornamentation. 2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales ii. 61/1 In the town's steep mountain-backed hinterland can be found many prehistoric sites including one of Wales' best known Bronze Age stone circles, Cefn Coch. 2021 E. Griffiths Night Hawks ix. 85 The skeleton was surrounded by broken swords. That's how we know it's Bronze Age. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.adj.c1842
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