Chalcolithic

English Etymology From en chalco- -lith -ic. Pronunciation en /ˈkælkoʊˌlɪθɪk/ Adjective - en Eneolithic. en 1981 w:William Irwin Thompson The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture Rider/Hutchinson & Co. London 161 The transitional period of raiding and warfare, which seems to have disrupted the life of villages in the Chalcolithic period, stimulated the growth of larger and larger defensive settlements. Proper noun The Chalcolithic period; the age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. en 12 Dec 2025 Tom Hercules Davies Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe The Classical Quarterly 75 1 12 Such an economy spreads mobile pastoralist speech traditions not only by conquest but also as settled populations shift language in response to new incentives. To the nomads of the Chalcolithic, farmers could be useful allies. en Archaeology Paleontology Copper