Three-age system
（重定向自Three age system）
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![Jomon pottery, Japanese Stone Age.](/Images/godic/202502/16/JomonPottery5817.JPG")
![Hesiod inspired by the Muse, Gustave Moreau, 1891](/Images/godic/202502/16/Moreau,_Gustave_-_Hésiode_et_la_Muse_-_18915817.jpg")
![Page 1 Chapter 1 of De Rerum Natura, 1675, dedicating the poem to Alma Venus](/Images/godic/202502/16/Lucretius_De_Rerum_Natura_1675_page_15817.jpg")
The three-age system in archaeology and physical anthropology is the periodization of human prehistory and history into three consecutive time periods, named for their respective tool-making technologies: