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yuanzhumin · 20th November 2007, 11:46 AM

Hello all of you

Coming back to Ariel's initial post about the link between Taiwan, the Philippines and finally the rest of the Austronesian world, here is a fascinating article with a completely new idea about the jade trade and also Austronesian languages brought along the jade trading routes confirming that Taiwan is a cradle for the Austronesian civilisation.

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/0711....2007.268.html

I guess that with the jade, were also coming the weapons, mostly when at that time, weapons were often made of stone, and why not of jade for the ceremonial ones.

Concerning the scabbards, I come back also to Ariel's initial post :
is there any other people/cultures using a scabbard open on one side ?

I will add one of mine :
What is about the one sided scabbard ? Is there any advantages ?

Thanks
yuanzhumin

20th November 2007, 11:46 AM	#23
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	Taiwan, the cradle, and back to the scabbard Hello all of you Coming back to Ariel's initial post about the link between Taiwan, the Philippines and finally the rest of the Austronesian world, here is a fascinating article with a completely new idea about the jade trade and also Austronesian languages brought along the jade trading routes confirming that Taiwan is a cradle for the Austronesian civilisation. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/0711....2007.268.html I guess that with the jade, were also coming the weapons, mostly when at that time, weapons were often made of stone, and why not of jade for the ceremonial ones. Concerning the scabbards, I come back also to Ariel's initial post : is there any other people/cultures using a scabbard open on one side ? I will add one of mine : What is about the one sided scabbard ? Is there any advantages ? Thanks yuanzhumin