Aegean Lecture: L. Sørensen, Jade axes in the Aegean and Anatolia - the emergence of a new network
Friday, 5 October 2018
Place: Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9, 117 42, Athens Google Map
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Organizers: Swedish Institute at Athens, Aegeus – Society for Aegean Prehistory, Contact: 210 9232102
The Swedish Institute at Athens and Aegeus – Society for Aegean Prehistory invite you to the lecture:
Jade axes in the Aegean and Anatolia - the emergence of a new network
Lasse Sørensen, Ancient Cultures of Denmark and the Mediterranean,The National Museum of Denmark.
The largest known jadeite source in the Aegean is located on the Cycladic island of Syros. During sampling, several flakes and preforms of considerable age were identified, demonstrating, for the first time, the presence of several knapping places around the large jadeite boulders on Syros.
Attached file: Abstract