Early Iron Age

Japanese: Early Iron Age(英語表記)EarlyIronAge
Early Iron Age

...The age of using iron tools and weapons has continued to the present day, and if we simply call the period when iron tools and weapons were used the Iron Age, then the present day would be in the Iron Age almost all over the world. The British archaeological community once called the European Iron Age before the Roman conquest the Early Iron Age, probably because they were very conscious of this point, but the definition of the Iron Age including the present day is almost meaningless. In fact, while many regions use the names Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age to divide regions into different periods, many regions do not use the name Iron Age. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Early Iron Age" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…鉄製の利器や武器を使用する時代は,そののち現在まで続いており,単純に鉄製の利器と武器を使用した時代を鉄器時代と呼ぶと,現代もほぼ全世界的に鉄器時代にあるということになる。かつてのイギリス考古学界のように,ローマ征服以前のヨーロッパ鉄器時代を初期鉄器時代Early Iron Ageと呼ぶのは,この点を強く意識した結果であろうが,現代までを含めた鉄器時代の規定はほとんど意味がない。実際に,地域の時代区分の名称として,旧石器時代,新石器時代,青銅器時代が多くの地域で使われるのに比べて,鉄器時代の名称を使用しない地域が多い。…

※「Early Iron Age」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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