Chalcolithic
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The Chalcolithic was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper. It followed the Neolithic and preceded the Bronze Age. It occurred at different periods in differen
Levant Chalcolithic male figurine, 4500-3500 BC
A painting of a Copper Age walled settlement, Los Millares, Spain
Prehistory
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Prehistory, sometimes referred to as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded
Engraved images of animals on antler
Lion-Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel, Aurignacian culture, c. 41,000 BP
Bone flute from Geißenklösterle. Aurignacian culture, 43,000–35,000 BC
Massive stone pillars at Göbekli Tepe, in southeast Turkey, erected for ritual use by early Neolithic people 11,000 years ago