The phrase "age of settlement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a historical period characterized by the establishment of communities or colonies in a particular area.
Example: "The age of settlement in North America saw the arrival of various European settlers who established new colonies."
Alternatives: "era of colonization" or "period of establishment".
The age of settlement lasted a few generations in eastern Oregon, beginning with the bloody dispossession of indigenous peoples and ending with the rather gentle conclusion of federal privatization.
Another cool fact is that most Icelanders are descendants of Norwegian settlers and Celts from Ireland and Scotland, brought over as slaves during the age of settlement.
The Icelandic Age of Settlement is considered to have lasted from 874 to 930, at which point most of the island had been claimed and Alþing, the assembly of the Icelandic Commonwealth, was founded in Þingvellir.
In fact, the amount of green space actually present in cities is difficult to predict based on the density or age of the settlement.
These include the age of the settlement, population density, access by car, train and plane, and rank according to the plan for national territory arrangement.
Soil macroporosity at L. terrestris midden sites did not increase with the age of L. terrestris settlement.
This is an age of multimillion-dollar settlements from hot coffee.
Bodrifty Farm's reconstructed Celtic Chief's Roundhouse is smack bang on the doorstep of the remnants of an Iron Age settlement, one of the most important of its kind in western Europe.
Logistic analysis results indicate that age, marital status and type of settlement had statistically significantly effects on unintended pregnancy.
Another high-profile case worth mentioning is that of Selina Scott, who, in 2008 at the age of 57, reached a settlement worth an estimated £250,000 with Channel 5, after she was dropped from covering Natasha Kaplinsky's maternity cover in favour of Isla Traquair, then 28.
The pig predominates the zooarchaeological assemblage of the second Iron Age settlement of Levroux Les Arènes, in a context characterised by intensive craft and trade activities.
