The three-age system is a system of classifying human prehistory into three consecutive time periods: |
The three-age system is a system of classifying human prehistory into three consecutive time periods, named after the characteristic tool-making technology of the era: |
stone age bronze age iron age |
* the stone age * the bronze age * the iron age |
It was introduced by [Christian Jurgensen Thomsen]? in order to classify artifacts for an exhibition of 1819 at the [National Museum of Denmark]?.