High-Quality Jadeite Tool (IMAGE)

Louisiana State University

High-Quality Jadeite Tool

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LSU anthropologist Heather McKillop discovered this high-quality jadeite tool at the site of an ancient salt works in Belize that has been submerged in water due to sea level rise. This high-quality jadeite tool shows the importance of salt and Maya salt workers among the Classic Maya economy more than 1,000 years ago.

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Heather McKillop, LSU.

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