The Metal Age

1. The Metal Age

2. What do we know?

3. 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?

4. Life in the Metal Age What were Metal-Age settlements like? Describe the Bronze-Age dwelling shown in these images.

5. Metal-Age skills What are the people in each image doing? Why was each of these skills important?

6. Architecture and art What can you see in this image? What other types of architecture and art did Metal-Age people produce?

7. The Metal Age Which rivers were near the copper trade routes? How do you think metal was transported to Europe?

8. The Metal Age in Spain Which areas of Spain have megalithic sites? Where was the El Argar culture based?

9. The Copper Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age The Metal Age The Metal Age is divided into The Metal Age is divided into Human beings lived from farming, livestock and trade They lived in permanent settlements, which were normally walled There were greater social differences than in the Neolithic Age With metal weapons, war developed They worshipped the forces of nature and held religious ceremonies Weapons, agricultural instruments and tools Metalworking Metalworking Skills The invention of the wheel led to improved transport What have we learned? Life in the Metal Age

10. Megalithic constructions Menhir, cromlech, dolmen Art Painting Schematic; often in black and red Megalithic, Millares and Bell Beaker cultures The Copper Age El Argar, Talaiotic and Tartessos cultures The Bronze Age The Iberians lived in Levante and Andalucía The Iron Age In the north the inhabitants mixed with the Celts What have we learned? The Metal Age in Spain