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tjj Jun 16, 2009 14:43:59

Replying to fitzcoraldo

fitzcoraldo wrote:

Rhiannon,
thanks for your comments and the link to the article on the JADE project.
In times of trouble I enjoy browsing through the picture galleriy of this blog.
http://hachepolie.blog4ever.com/blog/photo-95039.html

cheers
fitz

A nice article about the three-year project, JADE, which has investigated the production, distribution, use and meaning of Neolithic jade axeheads.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t[...]_and_social/article6497835.ece
(posted by fitzcoraldo)

I have just read your original post and link under 'Latest News' and, briefly, Rhiannon's reply (will go back to it when I have more time). Both made uplifting reading, what beautiful artefacts; I loved this quote:
" ....exquisite axeheads could have been attributed divine powers, coming from the liminal zone between Earth and the Otherworld".

(A while back I did some reading on obsidian arrowheads/axeheads which also seemed to have a similar quality)

tjj

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tonyh Jun 16, 2009 15:44:50

Replying to fitzcoraldo

Fantastic...

http://hachepolie.blog4ever.com/blog/photos-95039-3.html

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nix Jun 16, 2009 21:52:00

Replying to fitzcoraldo

For those who love axes and axe heads, can i recommend those in the British Museum's pre-historic galleries:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/65272/images/central_london.html?stream=site
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/65271/central_london.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/65273/central_london.html

which include the one the author Alan Garner found in the fort at Mow Cop and based his book 'Red Shift' around.

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The Eternal Jun 18, 2009 22:07:08

Replying to fitzcoraldo

Hi Fitz,

Great link, with outstanding axes. What fantastic craftsmen. I enjoyed the images as much as those in the book "Symbols of Power at the Time of Stonehenge".

Thanks,
TE.