Iron Age
noun
: the period of human culture characterized by the smelting of iron and its use in industry beginning somewhat before 1000 b.c. in western Asia and Egypt
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OCA’s current dig began in advance of the UK’s A417 Missing Link, a construction project that aims to upgrade a three-mile stretch of single-lane highway.
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Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
Pottery, coins and jewelry, along with other artifacts, have been found from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman Period and World War II, officials said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
The incidence of Down syndrome rose in early Iron Age Spain.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
They were used functionally, as at their Iron Age inception, to fasten garments.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
See it The oldest artifacts included some Iron Age chariot fittings, archaeologists said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
Three were from babies that likely did not survive to birth, discovered in Iron Age sites in Spain.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
Three other babies, who likely died shortly after birth, were found at an Early Iron Age burial site in Navarra, Spain, and lived between 801 and 400 B.C., the study said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
Dogs have been found in much older graves than this Iron Age cemetery, dating back toward the days when they may have been domesticated beginning 16,000 years or so ago.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
Pottery, coins and jewelry, along with other artifacts, have been found from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman Period and World War II, officials said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
The incidence of Down syndrome rose in early Iron Age Spain.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
They were used functionally, as at their Iron Age inception, to fasten garments.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
See it The oldest artifacts included some Iron Age chariot fittings, archaeologists said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
Three were from babies that likely did not survive to birth, discovered in Iron Age sites in Spain.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
Three other babies, who likely died shortly after birth, were found at an Early Iron Age burial site in Navarra, Spain, and lived between 801 and 400 B.C., the study said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
Dogs have been found in much older graves than this Iron Age cemetery, dating back toward the days when they may have been domesticated beginning 16,000 years or so ago.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
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