Abstract
JADE was used for ornaments and tools by the native peoples of Mexico, Central America and Peru, by the Indians of British Columbia, and by the Eskimos. The source of the jade was something of a mystery. In the absence of any known sources—either of nephrite or jadeite—on the American continent, it was supposed, up to ten or twenty years ago, that the jade used by the Eskimos and also that of the Maya and other Central and South American peoples had been brought in from Asia. Of late years, however, some localities for jade have been found in the United States, and Mr. J. Lewis Kraft tells the story of these discoveries.
Adventure in Jade
By James Lewis Kraft. Pp. ix+81. (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1947.) 3.50 dollars.
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Adventure in Jade. Nature 161, 786 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161786a0
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