The Bronze Age and The Iron Age The term Bronze Age refers to a

Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,*,*,The Bronze Age (,3300-1200BC),and The Iron Age,(1200-586BC),The term,Bronze Age,refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced,metalworking,(at least in systematic and widespread use) consists of techniques for,smelting,copper,and,tin,from naturally occurring outcroppings of ore, and then,alloying,those metals in order to cast,bronze,Hemingway, Colette, and Sen Hemingway. Prehistoric Cypriot Art and Culture. In,Timeline of Art History,. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. http:/www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pcyp/hd_pcyp.htm (October 2004),Group of four vases, ca. 23002000 B.C.; Early Bronze Age,The Beginnings of the Bronze Age“people began making small tools and decorative ornaments from the native copper (,chalkos,); thus the phase is termed Chalcolithic, referring to the transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age.”,Bowl with handles terminating in lotuses,Spearhead,12th century B.C.;,Late Bronze AgeCypriot,Standard with two long-horned bulls, 24002000 B.C.; Early Bronze Age,This pair of long-horned bulls,probably served as a finial,for a religious or ceremonial,standard.,Standard with two long-horned bulls North central Anatolia (55.137.5). In,Timeline of Art History,. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. http:/www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/02/waa/hod_55.137.5.htm (October 2006),Iron Age,Spouted jar and stand, 9th century B.C.Iran,The Iron Age is the last principal period in the,three-age system,for classifying,pre-historic,societies, preceded by the,Bronze Age,. Its date and context vary depending on the country or geographical region.,Statuette of a female,Iron Age;,1st millennium B.C., earlyIran, Caspian region,Sword, mid-1st century B.C.; Late Iron Age, CelticIron blade, L. 19 3/4 in.,Incense burner, Iron Age;,1st millennium B.C.,middle Arabian peninsula,