© oxford university press españa s.a., 2012 the metal age
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© Oxford University Press España S.A., 2012
The Metal AgeThe Metal Age
What do we know?
The Metal Age
Which things and activities in the image were new in the Metal Age?
Which things and activities in the image had existed in the Stone Age?
Life in the Metal Age
What were Metal-Age settlements like?
Describe the Bronze-Age dwelling shown in these images.
Metal-Age skills
What are the people in each image doing?
Why was each of these skills important?
Architecture and art
What can you see in this image?
What other types of architecture and art did Metal-Age people produce?
The Metal Age
Which rivers were near the copper trade routes?
How do you think metal was transported to Europe?
The Metal Age in Spain
Which areas of Spain have megalithic sites?
Where was the El Argar culture based?
What have we learned?
Life in the Metal Age
Life in the Metal Age
There were greater social differences than in the Neolithic Age
With metal weapons, war developed
Human beings lived from farming, livestock and trade
They lived in permanent settlements, which were normally walled
Skills
Weapons, agricultural instruments and tools
The Metal Age The Copper Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age
They worshipped the forces of nature and held religious ceremonies
Metalworking
The invention of the wheel led to improved transport
The Metal Age is divided intoThe Metal Age is divided into
Metalworking
What have we learned?
The Metal Agein Spain
The Metal Agein Spain
The Bronze Age
The Iron Age
Art
Megalithic constructions
Painting
Menhir, cromlech, dolmen
Schematic; often in black and red
The Copper AgeMegalithic, Millares and Bell Beaker cultures
El Argar, Talaiotic and Tartessos cultures
The Iberians lived in Levante and Andalucía
In the north the inhabitants mixed with the Celts