Atlantic Bronze Age
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The Atlantic Bronze Age is a term that has never been formally defined. Some take its meaning to be a label for the period spanning approximately 1300–700 BC in Britain, France, Ireland, Portugal and
A Bronze Age gold hoard: Tesouro de Caldas, Galicia, Spain
Gold torque from Stretham, England
Bronze weapons, shields and musical instruments, Ireland
The Caergwrle Bowl, Wales, c. 1300 BC
Bronze Age Europe
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The European Bronze Age is characterized by bronze artifacts and the use of bronze implements. The regional Bronze Age succeeds the Neolithic and Copper Age and is followed by the Iron Age. It starts
Atlantic Bronze Age
…1300–700 BC in Britain, France, Ireland, Portugal and Spain; that is, the Atlantic coast of Europe. Others assign it to a cultural complex of the Bronze Age period in prehistoric Europe that is defined by the culture prevalent at this time and location. The Atlantic Bronze Age is characterized by economic…
Gold 'Mask of Agamemnon', Greece, 1550 BC
Marble figurine, Cycladic culture, 2700 BC
Minoan palace at Knossos, Crete
Minoan rhyton, Crete, 1500 BC