Copper Age

Japanese: 銅器時代 - どうきじだい

〘noun〙 One of the archaeological period divisions. The period when tools and other implements were made and used with copper. It follows the Stone Age and precedes the Bronze Age. It developed in the Middle East, centered on Mesopotamia, and on the Mediterranean island of Crete. It was the period when metal and stone were used together. *New York (1914) <Harada Muneichiro> Battery Park "A small bronze statue of Motoki Shozo, like one made by the natives of the Copper Age (Dokijidai) "

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Japanese:

〘名〙考古学上の時代区分の一つ。銅によって利器その他の器具が製作使用された時代。石器時代に続き、青銅器時代に先行する。メソポタミアを中心とした中近東、地中海のクレタ島などに発達した。金石併用時代。※紐育（1914）〈原田棟一郎〉バッタリー公園「銅器時代(ドウキジダイ)の土人の造ったやうな〈略〉本木昌造翁の小銅像が」

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