Originating in the later Bronze Age (1000 BC - 800 BC), the hill forts of the early Iron Age are found over a wide area of the British Isles: in Scotland (Finavon Fort in Angus), Wales (The ...

The late Bronze Age was also signatured by advanced pottery-making techniques, and more sophisticated weapon-making. The Iron Age that followed it did not happen suddenly, but is thought to have ...

However, this timeline has been significantly extended ... The current consensus is that the site dates from the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, with later medieval occupation.

This forgery complicates the study of ancient metalworking techniques, particularly the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, a pivotal period approximately 3,000 years ago when iron ...

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the date of the full Iron Age, in which this metal for the most part replaced bronze in implements and weapons, “varied geographically, beginning in the ...