TY - JOUR

T1 - The Various Colors of Jade

AU - Derevyanko, Anatoliy

AU - Tang, Chung

AU - Komissarov, Sergei

AU - Ji, Ping

N1 - The Various Colors of Jade / A. P. Derevyanko, T. Chung, S. A. Komissarov, Ji. Ping // Science First Hand. – 2025. – No. 2 (69). – P. 96-113. – EDN VWIHIB.

PY - 2025/12

Y1 - 2025/12

N2 - Even early humans, on the eve of evolution, desired to decorate themselves with ornaments made of rare materials (be it boar fangs, shark teeth, or ostrich feathers). In the Stone Age, as befits the epoch, colorful minerals were especially well-liked. Suffice it to recall a find from Layer 11 in Denisova Cave-a bracelet of dark green chloritolite, dated to about 30 000 years before present (Derevyanko, Shunkov, and Volkov, 2008). It seems that people of those days must have already developed an aesthetic perception of such things (“It really looks good!”).What is beyond doubt is that the decorations meant prestige and high status, as evidenced by a large body of ethnographic data. Another practical-from the perspective of traditional culture-purpose of colored stones is their magical effect as amulets, including for the treatment and prevention of diseases as well as hex and evil eye. Publications on these topics swarm all over the Internet, but in this case home-grown astrologers and healers illicitly exploit truly ancient beliefs.

AB - Even early humans, on the eve of evolution, desired to decorate themselves with ornaments made of rare materials (be it boar fangs, shark teeth, or ostrich feathers). In the Stone Age, as befits the epoch, colorful minerals were especially well-liked. Suffice it to recall a find from Layer 11 in Denisova Cave-a bracelet of dark green chloritolite, dated to about 30 000 years before present (Derevyanko, Shunkov, and Volkov, 2008). It seems that people of those days must have already developed an aesthetic perception of such things (“It really looks good!”).What is beyond doubt is that the decorations meant prestige and high status, as evidenced by a large body of ethnographic data. Another practical-from the perspective of traditional culture-purpose of colored stones is their magical effect as amulets, including for the treatment and prevention of diseases as well as hex and evil eye. Publications on these topics swarm all over the Internet, but in this case home-grown astrologers and healers illicitly exploit truly ancient beliefs.

KW - NEPHRITE

KW - JADE IMPLEMENTS

KW - HONGSHAN CULTURE

KW - HAMIN DWELLING-SITE

KW - HAC SA (HEISHA) WORK-SHOP

KW - ANCIENT TECHNOLOGIES

KW - STONE BEARINGS

UR - https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=83162244

M3 - Article

VL - 69

SP - 96

EP - 113

JO - Science first hand

JF - Science first hand

SN - 3210-2500

IS - 2

M1 - 4

ER -