the Iron Age

noun

: a period of time between about 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. in which people used iron to make weapons and tools

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An in-depth genetic analysis of 2,000-year-old genomes has revealed that women were at the center of social networks in British Celtic communities during the Iron Age. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025 Beginning in the fifth century B.C., the Gauls lived in France, and archaeologists discovered residential areas and a farm likely belonging to the group dating to the Iron Age. —

Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025 Genetic analysis explored another wave of migration toward the end of the Iron Age in Scandinavia, which ended about 800 A.D., coinciding with the rise of Vikings. —

Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2025 The weaponry dates back to the Iron Age, according to the press release. —

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