The basic chronology — Stone Age to Bronze Age to Iron Age — now underpins the archaeology of most of the Old World (and cartoons like “The Flintstones” and “The Croods”).
Thomsen could well have substituted Wood Age for Stone Age, according to Thomas Terberger, an archaeologist and head of research at the Department of Cultural Heritage of Lower Saxony, in Germany.
“We can probably assume that wooden tools have been around just as long as stone ones, that is, two and a half or three million years,“ he said.
Of the thousands of archaeological sites that can be traced to the era, wood has been recovered from fewer than 10.
The projectiles unearthed at the Schöningen site, known as Spear Horizon, are considered the oldest preserved hunting weapons.
Persons:
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Thomsen, Thomas Terberger, “, Terberger, heidelbergensis
Organizations:
Department of Cultural Heritage, National Academy of Sciences
Locations:
Danish, Europe, Lower Saxony, Germany, Schöningen