Three-Age System
- is the categorization of history into 3 time periods
Three-Age System
|
Age |
Period? |
Time Span | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Paleolithic |
2.58 Ma |
≈ Pleistocene | |
|
Mesolithic |
~ |
≈ Holocene | |
|
Neolithic |
10,200BC to 4,500BC | ||
|
Chalcolithic/Copper |
5,000 BC to 3000BC | ||
|
Bronze |
3,000BC to 1,200BC | ||
|
Iron I |
1,200BC to 1,000BC | ||
|
Iron II |
1,000BC to 550BC |