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Chalcolithic period is a transitional one between the Neolithic and Canaanite
periods. It marks the transition from an agricultural to an urban society,
from an age when stone was used as the main raw material to an age when
man discovered the secrets of metal production. During this period, man
learned to identify copper ore, to derive metal from it, and to cast objects
using the 'lost wax' technique. The people of this period, who were partly
shepherds and partly farmers, achieved impressive technological skills
as expressed in objects created not only from metal but also from stone,
ivory and clay.
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