JADEITITE AND OTHER AXES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE

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    Abstract

    NEO-JADE: NEW PATTERNS IN STONE AGE EXOTIC STONE EXPLOITATION AROUND THE WORLD
    Theme: Interpreting the archaeological record: artefacts, humans and landscapes
    Organisers: Bausch, Ilona (Kokugakuin University Museum; Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts & Cultures) -
    Sørensen, Lasse (National Museum of Denmark)
    Format: Regular session
    Worldwide, jade and jade-like minerals (including but not limited to jadeitite and nephrite) were selected for the production of
    ground stone tools or ornaments. Such objects were particularly valued as a mediator of entanglement: a symbolic communicator
    connecting people in past, present and future.Their scarcity and physical, functional and aesthetic qualities have inspired
    peoples to travel long distances to acquire these raw materials. This session is a search for new patterns in the exploitations of
    jade (and minerals with similar properties) around the world, and focuses on quarrying, exploitation, distribution, production, use,
    and socio-political and cultural significance in Stone Age communities.
    After the pioneering exploitation stage, how does jade become integrated in prehistoric societies as a routinized practice? Does
    it entail the creation of special meeting places, hubs of activity, specific kinds of rituals involving specialised knowledge? Does
    it entail social change? Was there a preference for ”jade” above minerals with similar properties? These discussions are dependent
    on provenance and social and archaeological context. Approaches include petrographic and geochemical analysis; and the
    chaîne opératoire of jade (aspects involving production, circulation, consumption, and discovery).
    Although the main focus is on Europe, we also encourage comparative pespectives, from regions including Eurasia, East and
    Southeast Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean. This will give rise to a new proxy for the study of the emergence of prehistoric
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    Publikationsdato2019
    Antal sider1
    StatusUdgivet - 2019
    BegivenhedEuropean Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting 2019 - Main Building / Unis, University of Bern, Bern, Schweiz
    Varighed: 4 sep. 20197 sep. 2019
    Konferencens nummer: 25
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    KonferenceEuropean Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting 2019
    Nummer25
    LokationMain Building / Unis, University of Bern
    Land/OmrådeSchweiz
    ByBern
    Periode04/09/201907/09/2019
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