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Generally correct; however also wrong in this specific instance. The article also clearly limits scope to Europe, specifically modern-day Bavaria. And therefo
by jdmichal 7y ago
Generally correct; however also wrong in this specific instance. The article also clearly limits scope to Europe, specifically modern-day Bavaria. And therefore uses the specific and appropriate terms "Neolithic", "Bronze Age", and "Iron Age". As Wikipedia calls out [0]:
"The terms "Neolithic" and "Bronze Age" are culture-specific and are mostly limited to cultures of the Old World."
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_human_prehistory#Holocene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_human_prehistory#H...
- zosterops 7y agoTo add to that, terms like Bronze age refer to different times in different locations depending on when bronze began being used. It would refer to an earlier time in the near East than it would in Scandinavia(3300 BC vs 1700 BC). It is not as relevant in the Americas as metallurgy didn't even appear to exist in pre-Columbian North America. There was some minor use of bronze in certain South American cultures but it doesn't seem to have been extensive enough to define a time period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Bronze_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Bronze_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East#Periodization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East#Periodizatio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy_in_pre-Columbian_America#Northern_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy_in_pre-Columbian_Am...
- posterboy 7y agoThere are nails from Vikings found in pre-coloumbian US. Happy columbus day