You Too Can Talk About Archaeological Periods Do your eyes glaze over when archaeologists use technical terms like “Iron Age II” or “the Chalcolithic period”? These terms do, however, provide helpful rubrics for understanding the development of culture in the lands of the Bible. Without using this terminology, it’s virtually impossible to hold a meaningful archaeological conversation. It’s important—and, fortunately, not that difficult—to gain at least a general familiarity with the terms used to designate major archaeological periods. The broadest and most general of these periods are the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages named by 19th-century archaeologists for […]
