CHALCOLITHIC

Meaning of CHALCOLITHIC in English

[ ˌkalkə(ʊ)'lɪθɪk ]

■ adjective Archaeology relating to or denoting a period in the 4th and 3rd millennia BC, during which some weapons and tools were made of copper.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Gk khalkos 'copper' + lithos 'stone' + -ic .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CHALCOLITHIC — |kalkə|lithik adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: chalc- + -lithic : aeneolithic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHALCOLITHIC — /kal'keuh lith"ik/ , adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Copper Age; Aeneolithic. [ 1900-05; CHALCO- + -LITHIC ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHALCOLITHIC — adj. Archaeol. of a prehistoric period in which both stone and bronze implements were used. [Gk khalkos copper + lithos …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHALCOLITHIC — adj. Archaeol. of a prehistoric period in which both stone and bronze implements were used. [ Gk khalkos copper + …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHALCOLITHIC — adj. Archaeol. of a prehistoric period in which both stone and bronze implements were used. Etymology: Gk khalkos copper + …
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CHALCOLITHIC — Медный век
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CHALCOLITHIC AGE — beginning of the Bronze Age (q.v.).
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COPPER AGE — First part of the Bronze Age . The beginning of the period is sometimes called the Chalcolithic (Copper-Stone) Age (с …
Английский словарь Британика
BRONZE AGE — Third phase in the development of material culture among the ancient peoples of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, following …
Английский словарь Британика
AMMAN — City (pop., 1994: 969,598), capital of Jordan . It lies 25 mi (40 km) northeast of the Dead Sea . …
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-LITHIC — a combining form used in the names of cultural phases in archaeology characterized by the use of a particular type …
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ENEOLITHIC — /ee'nee oh lith"ik/ , adj. Chalcolithic. Also, Aenolithic . [ 1910-15 ]
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CHALCO- — a learned borrowing from Greek meaning "copper," used in the formation of compound words: chalcolithic. [ chalko-, comb. form of …
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AMRATIAN — /am ray"sheuhn/ , adj. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about …
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AENEOLITHIC — /ay ee'nee oh lith"ik/ , adj. Chalcolithic. Also, Eneolithic . [ 1900-05; AENE(OUS) + -O- + -LITHIC ]
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: ANTHROPOLOGY-AND-ARCHAEOLOGY — Anthropology Physical Anthropology. In 2000 an international research team published a molecular analysis of mitochondrial DNA extracted from the rib …
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TEPE GAWRA — ancient Mesopotamian settlement east of the Tigris River near Nineveh and the modern city of Mosul, northwestern Iraq. It was …
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SHARON, PLAIN OF — Hebrew Ha-sharon, section of the Mediterranean coastal plain, and the most densely settled of Israel's natural regions. It is roughly …
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SHAHR-E SOKHTA — archaeological site located south of Zabol in the Balochistan region of eastern Iran. It has yielded important information on Chalcolithic …
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MESOPOTAMIAN ARTS — the arts and architecture of the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations. The name Mesopotamia has been used with varying connotations by ancient …
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JORDAN, FLAG OF — horizontally striped black-white-green national flag with a red hoist triangle bearing a white star. The flag has a width-to-length ratio …
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JERUSALEM CRICKET — also called Sand Cricket, any insect of the orthopteran family Stenopelmatidae of about 35 species. It is large, brownish, and …
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GHASSULIAN CULTURE — archaeological stage dating to the Middle Chalcolithic Period in southern Palestine (c. 3800c. 3350 BC). Its type-site, Tulaylat al-Ghassul, is …
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FARI'AH, TALL AL- — ancient site in northern Palestine, located near the head of the Wadi al-Fari'ah northeast of Nabulus in Israeli-occupied Jordan. Excavations …
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FAR'AH, TALL AL- — ancient site in southwestern Palestine, located on the Wadi Ghazzah near Tall al-'Ajjul, in modern Israel. The site was excavated …
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CYPRUS, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a white field (background) showing a yellow silhouette of Cyprus above two green olive branches. Its …
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CYPRUS — Greek Kpros, Turkish Kibris island located in the northeastern Mediterranean Sea; it is the third largest island in the Mediterranean, …
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CANAAN — area variously defined in historical and biblical literature, but always centred on Palestine. Its original pre-Israelite inhabitants were called Canaanites. …
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BURDUR — also called Buldur, city, southwestern Turkey, near the eastern shore of Lake Burdur. Called Polydorion in the European Middle Ages, …
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BRONZE AGE — third phase in the development of material culture among the ancient peoples of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, following …
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ALISAR HUYUK — site of an ancient Anatolian town southeast of Bogazky in central Turkey. Thorough and extensive excavations there by the Oriental …
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