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tiompan Sep 4, 2012 20:49:08
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bladup wrote:
tiompan wrote:
bladup wrote:
tiompan wrote:
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before avebury , this also backs up the theory that the marks were caused while stood up.
Avebury dates from circa 2600 BC ,the highly polished jadeite axes e.g. Sweet Track is dated approx 3200 BC
Sweet tracks not at avebury, come on mr right you can do better than that!!
Can you really not see the the mistake ?
No, i know the sweet track axe comes from the alps, not avebury.
The Mont Viso axes were produced as early as 5000 BC . The Sweet Track example is dated approx 3200 BC , Avebury dates cira 2600 BC you said "before Avebury axes didn't tend to be so highly polished " .That statement is wrong .[/quote]

It may be wrong but i meant at avebury not the alps or near glastonbury, the axes found around avebury are normally very normal and workmanlike esp for such a special place, you would expect more brillant jade ones from the alps and the like than they find. I think the polishers at avebury may be quite late in the neolithic [800 years to cause marks] before the bronze age ended aveburys dominance.[/quote]
The heyday of the polished stone axe ,both here and in the continent was before Avebury was built .

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bladup Sep 4, 2012 20:54:52
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
bladup wrote:
tiompan wrote:
bladup wrote:
tiompan wrote:
bladup wrote:
before avebury , this also backs up the theory that the marks were caused while stood up.
Avebury dates from circa 2600 BC ,the highly polished jadeite axes e.g. Sweet Track is dated approx 3200 BC
Sweet tracks not at avebury, come on mr right you can do better than that!!
Can you really not see the the mistake ?
No, i know the sweet track axe comes from the alps, not avebury.
The Mont Viso axes were produced as early as 5000 BC . The Sweet Track example is dated approx 3200 BC , Avebury dates cira 2600 BC you said "before Avebury axes didn't tend to be so highly polished " .That statement is wrong .
It may be wrong but i meant at avebury not the alps or near glastonbury, the axes found around avebury are normally very normal and workmanlike esp for such a special place, you would expect more brillant jade ones from the alps and the like than they find. I think the polishers at avebury may be quite late in the neolithic [800 years to cause marks] before the bronze age ended aveburys dominance.[/quote]
The heyday of the polished stone axe ,both here and in the continent was before Avebury was built .[/quote]

The heyday of the polished stone axe seems different in different places and times and avebury may have been the heyday place of that region, the size been explained by the amount of old paths that converged there, some later axes were only polished on one side in lincolnshire and elsewhere.