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Disc-rings made from Alpine rocks, in the social imagination of Neolithic communities
In France, disc-rings of Alpine jades and of serpentinite circulated over very long distances, as far as the Channel Islands and the coast of Brittany. The authors present a typochronological study for each rock type, along with distribution maps and a general social interpretation. Two origins are identified, of which...Pétrequin, P ; Cassen, S ; Errera, M ; Pailler, Yves ; Pétrequin, A-M …
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Fifty shades of green: the irresistible attraction, use and significance of jadeitite and other green Alpine rock types in Neolithic Europe
This chapter summarizes the results of two major international projects JADE and JADE 2. These examined the exploitation, circulation, use and significance of artefacts made from jadeite and other green rocks from the Western Alps in Neolithic Europe. The most-widely travelled of all the prehistoric materials, these Alpine jades seem...Sheridan, J A ; Pétrequin, Pierre ; Pétrequin, A-M ; Cassen, S ; Errera, M …
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Rings and axeheads of Alpine jades: imports to and exports from the Gulf of Morbihan during the 5th millennium and the beginning of the 4th millennium
During the 5th millennium BC, the gulf of Morbihan played a major role in the circulation of socially-valued goods, especially those made from Alpine jades (jadeitite, omphacitite, eclogite, some serpentinites and, more rarely, nephrite), in the form of disc-rings and polished axeheads. This contribution begins with a review of the...Pétrequin, P ; Pétrequin, A-M ; Cinquetti, Mauro ; Errera, M ; Valcarce, Ramón Fábregas …
Alps, paragonite, jade, disc-ring, polished axehead, and Neolithic
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2019
Book chapter
Disc-rings of Alpine rock in western Europe: typology, chronology, distribution and social significance
In France, disc-rings made from Alpine jades and from serpentinite circulated over very long distances, as far as the Channel coast and that of Brittany. The authors offer here a typo-chronological study of these and other stone bangles, according to the types of rock used, and consider their distribution and...Pétrequin, P ; Cassen, S ; Errera, M ; Pailler, Yves ; Prodéo, F …
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2011
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Eclogite or jadeitite: The two colours involved in the transfer of alpine axeheads in western Europe
During the 5th and 4th millennia BC, the Neolithic extraction of stone around Mont Viso and in the Mont Beigua massif in the north Italian Alps resulted in the production of large polished axeheads in ecologite, omphacitite, jadeitite and amphibolite - raw materials which were not only rare but which...Pétrequin, P ; Sheridan, J A ; Cassen, S ; Errera, M ; Gauthier, E …
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2017
Book chapter
Anneaux, marqueurs de statut, objets consacrés et quasi-monnaies
Le projet ANR JADE 2 (2013-2017) concerne l'ensemble de l'Europe – entre Atlantique et mer Noire – où les transferts de jades ont été alimentés par deux centres de production : l'île égéenne de Syros dès la fin du VIIe millénaire ; et les massifs alpins du Mont Beigua et...Pétrequin, Pierre ; Cassen, S ; Errera, M ; Pailler, Yves ; Prodéo, F …
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2017
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Mécanismes sociaux: les interpretations idéelles des jades alpins
Le projet ANR JADE 2 (2013-2017) concerne l'ensemble de l'Europe – entre Atlantique et mer Noire – où les transferts de jades ont été alimentés par deux centres de production : l'île égéenne de Syros dès la fin du VIIe millénaire ; et les massifs alpins du Mont Beigua et...Pétrequin, Pierre ; Pétrequin, A-M ; Gauthier, Estelle ; Sheridan, J A
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2017
Book chapter
Abstracts (Jade, vols 1 to 4 included)
Le projet ANR JADE 2 (2013-2017) concerne l'ensemble de l'Europe – entre Atlantique et mer Noire – où les transferts de jades ont été alimentés par deux centres de production : l'île égéenne de Syros dès la fin du VIIe millénaire ; et les massifs alpins du Mont Beigua et...Pétrequin, Pierre ; Pétrequin, A-M ; Gauthier, Estelle ; Sheridan, J A
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2016
Book chapter
Résumé de synthèse : Clairvaux et le “Néolithique Moyen Bourguignon” (Abstract and synthesis: Clairvaux and the "Burgundy Middle Neolithic")
Cet ouvrage dirigé par Pierre et Anne-Marie Pétrequin, est une monographie archéologique de trois villages néolithiques du lac de Clairvaux (Jura), replacés dans le contexte social, culturel et chronologique de la première moitié du IVe millénaire av. J.-C. au nord-ouest des Alpes.Pétrequin, P ; Sheridan, J A ; Pétrequin, A-M