the Iron Age
noun
: a period of time between about 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. in which people used iron to make weapons and tools
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Archaeological evidence reveals that materially, the Viking world was like that of the Iron Age, says Søren Michael Sindbæk, an archaeologist as Aarhus University in Denmark.
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Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
The necklace was dated to the Bronze Age, officials said, which is also called Hallstatt C and marked a transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, when iron swords are used with bronze swords.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who used isotope analysis to determine whether the Iron Age skulls were of locals (and therefore being venerated in death) or outsiders (and likely nailed up as a display of intimidation and power), as had both been previously argued.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Many famous bog bodies have violent causes of death, ranging from strangulation to slit throats, suggesting throwing a body in the bog during the Iron Age was intentional.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
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Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
The necklace was dated to the Bronze Age, officials said, which is also called Hallstatt C and marked a transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, when iron swords are used with bronze swords.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who used isotope analysis to determine whether the Iron Age skulls were of locals (and therefore being venerated in death) or outsiders (and likely nailed up as a display of intimidation and power), as had both been previously argued.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Many famous bog bodies have violent causes of death, ranging from strangulation to slit throats, suggesting throwing a body in the bog during the Iron Age was intentional.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
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