Iron Age

== English == === Etymology === From iron + age, in the mythological sense a calque of Latin saecula ferrea, aetas ferrea; in the archaeological sense a calque of Danish jernalder. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/ === Proper noun === the Iron Age (mythology) The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior. [from 16th c.] An age characterized by the use of iron. [from 16th c.] (archaeology) A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC) [from 19th c.] ==== Coordinate terms ==== (archaeology): Stone Age, Bronze Age (mythology): Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Heroic Age ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Iron Age on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ages of Man on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Noriega, Rogaine, orangie, rogaine