The three-age system (Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age) was conceived by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (often spelled Thomson) in the 1820s. As the curator of the collection of the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen, he classified artifacts chronologically based on the material used for tools and weapons.
The three age system - Stone,Bronze and Iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum was coined by
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2010 · Topic: Stone Age (Palaeolithic Age: Periodization and Chronology)
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