Originally defined as a transitional period between the NeolithicAge and the Bronze Age, the Copper Age (or Chalcolithic Age, orEneolithic Age) is now regarded to be part of the Bronze Agebecause it is characterized by the use of metals. It was duringthis time period that early metallurgists found that the additionof tin to copper produced the harder metal, bronze.

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