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The three-age system, divided into stone, bronze and iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum was coined by

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  1. Correct Answer: (A) Thomson

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    The three-age system (Stone, Bronze, Iron) for classifying prehistoric cultures was developed by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, a Danish archaeologist. While working at the National Museum of Copenhagen in the early 1800s, he observed a progression in the types of materials used in artifacts from the museum’s collection. This led him to propose his groundbreaking system, which has since become a fundamental concept in archaeology.

    • Option (B), Lubbock, (C), Taylor, and (D), Childe are all influential archaeologists, but they did not develop the three-age system.

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