...The general chronology of the three great phases in the development of civilization in Europe, called the age of stone, the age of bronze, and the age of iron, is purely relative, like the chronology of the geological formations. It is not known when the...

...The general chronology of the three great phases in the development of civilization in Europe, called the age of stone, the age of bronze, and the age of iron, is purely relative, like the chronology of the geological formations. It is not known when the...

...Worsaae, and others, have divided the period during which man has existed on the earth into three — the Age of Stone, the Age of Bronze, and the Age of Iron. During the first-mentioned of these he is supposed to have had only stone for weapons, etc. Sir...