List of archaeological periods (Northern Europe)
Encyclopedia
The following is a refined listing of Northern European archaeological
periods, expanded from the basic three-age system
with finer subdivisions and extension into the modern historical
period.
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
periods, expanded from the basic three-age system
Three-age system
The three-age system in archaeology and physical anthropology is the periodization of human prehistory into three consecutive time periods, named for their respective tool-making technologies:* The Stone Age* The Bronze Age* The Iron Age-Origin:...
with finer subdivisions and extension into the modern historical
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
period.
| Stone Age Stone Age The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the... (to 1500 BCE) |
Palaeolithic (to 8000 BCE) |
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| Mesolithic Mesolithic The Mesolithic is an archaeological concept used to refer to certain groups of archaeological cultures defined as falling between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic.... (8000 BCE – 3000 BCE) |
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| Neolithic Neolithic The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age... (3000 BCE – 1500 BCE) |
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| Bronze age Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age... (1500 BCE – 400 BCE) |
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| Iron age Iron Age The Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing... (400 BCE – 800) |
Pre-Roman Iron Age Pre-Roman Iron Age The Pre-Roman Iron Age of Northern Europe designates the earliest part of the Iron Age in Scandinavia, northern Germany, and the Netherlands north of the Rhine River. These regions feature many extensive archaeological excavation sites, which have yielded a wealth of artifacts... |
400 BCE – 0 | |
| Roman Iron Age Roman Iron Age The Roman Iron Age is the name that Swedish archaeologist Oscar Montelius gave to a part of the Iron Age in Scandinavia, Northern Germany and the Netherlands.... |
0 – 400 CE | ||
| Germanic Iron Age Germanic Iron Age The Germanic Iron Age is the name given to the period 400–800 in Northern Europe and it is part of the continental Age of Migrations.-Germanic Iron :... |
400 CE – 800 CE | ||
| Viking Age Viking Age Viking Age is the term for the period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, spanning the late 8th to 11th centuries. Scandinavian Vikings explored Europe by its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare. The Vikings also reached Iceland, Greenland,... (800 – 1066) |
800 – 1066 | ||
| Medieval (1066 – c. 1500) |
1066 – c. 1500 | ||
| Post-medieval (c. 1500 – c. 1800) |
c. 1500 – c. 1800 | ||
| Industrial/Modern Industrial society In sociology, industrial society refers to a society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production, supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour. Such a structure developed in the west in the period of time following the Industrial Revolution, and replaced... (c. 1800) – present) |
Industrial period Industrial Age Industrial Age may refer to:*Industrialisation*The Industrial Revolution... |
c. 1800 – 1917 | |
| Modern period | 1917 – current | ||