The term Chalcolithic is a combination of two words- Chalco+Lithic was derived from the Greek words "khalkos" + "líthos" which means "copper" and "stone" or Copper Age. It is also known as the ...

Criterion (iv): The house clusters of Çatalhöyük, characterized by their streetless neighbourhoods, dwellings with roof access, and house types representing a highly circumscribed distribution of ...

The society of the Chalcolithic period, or the Copper Age, has always been very complicated to study because until a few years ago there were only collections of human resources from which to ...

Also among the finds were multiple structures from from the end of the Chalcolithic period (the Copper Age) some 6,000 years ago. Archaeologists found a six-sided stone column standing 51 inches ...

Solar-plant crews in Almendralejo uncover a 140,000-sq-ft hilltop fortress dated to 2450 BC and a Roman soldier’s grave—discover the dig’s biggest revelations.

Considerable evidence also testifies other phases of occupation, such as the earlier Late Chalcolithic period characterized by adobe houses dating to the first half of the 4th millennium BCE and the ...

A 4-year-old shattered a Bronze Age artifact that was on display, without protective glass, at an archeological museum in Haifa, Israel.

The 5,300-year-old bread was found buried at the entrance of a Bronze Age house in Küllüoba. Image Source: Küllüoba Excavation Directorate© Küllüoba Excavation Directorate ...

TEHRAN– Iranian archaeologists in Markazi province have uncovered a prehistoric settlement site which dates back to the late Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, according to provincial heritage ...

The researchers propose that the spike in violence during the Chalcolithic period may be connected to the emergence of the first centralized proto-states in the region and a shift from occasional ...