Eneolithicとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Italian eneolitico, from Latin aeneus (“copper, bronze”).

形容詞

Eneolithic (comparative more Eneolithic, superlative most Eneolithic)

1. (archaeology, paleontology) Describing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.

   Synonyms: Chalcolithic, Cyprolithic, Copper Age (attributively)

   • 2025 April 24, J. P. Mallory, “15: The Steppe Model”, in The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting Their Story, Thames & Hudson, →ISBN:

     Perhaps linguists have provided a step towards the right solution in presenting evidence from Indo-European kinship terminology that the Indo-Europeans were very much into exogamy, including taking the Eneolithic equivalent of mail-order brides from afar.

固有名詞

Eneolithic

1. (archaeology, paleontology) The age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.

   Synonyms: Copper Age, Chalcolithic

Further reading

• Chalcolithic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia