A great job following 10 years of research. They found almost 1800 jadeite axeheads in Europe (including 130 in GB) and the Alpine quarries.
I spend all my week-ends for the last 3 months to read the 1500 pages and I have learned many things. By the way the iconography is also amazing.
See also on the web
- Data collection of this project :
http://jade.univ-fcomte.fr/bdd/
- All the axeheads :
http://jade.univ-fcomte.fr/bdd/documents/dessins_haches_complet.pdf
- The movie (in french) made by the same team:
http://www.canal-u.tv/video/cerimes/jade.9202
- The movie in italian :
http://www.canal-u.tv/video/cerimes/giada.9595
- My own article on this topic :
http://neolithique02.blog4ever.com/blog/lire-article-65835-1901275-les_haches_alpines_en_roche_verte___commerce_inter.html
The Jadeite axes were part of the Neolithic mythology, such as the standing stones (many axes were engraved on the megaliths.
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