JADE IN ANCIENT MAYAN

CIVILLISATION

By Ali Shakeel

Raja
RED - 4

What is Jade?

Jade is a metamorphic stone of green colour

Jade is the gem name for aggregates of two
different minerals Nephrite and Jadeite.
Most Jade products in market are mainly
composed of nephrite.

Nephrite

Nephrite and Jadeite occur in the beautiful

olive shades and Jade stone gets recognized
as having green colour.
Jadeite is sodium-rich while nephrite is rich
in calcium, magnesium and iron.
Jade stone is believed to have metaphysical
properties and was considered a Dream
Stone in ancient cultures.
The earliest known stone of jade were
found between 1100 BC TO 400 BC

Jadiete

WHO WERE THE MAYANS

The Mayans lived in
Mesoamerica which is
southern Mexico and central
America.

They lived between 2000

BCE to 1500 AD.

The mayans were really good

at drawings and paintings.

The Mayans were the mayan

were the first who made
calendars based on the solar
cycle.

Mayan Uses for Jade

Weapons

Jewellery

Masks

Portraits

Pictures

Furniture

Sculpture

Decoration

Armour

The Ancient Mayan

Civilization
Made things with Jade e.g.
they made good weapons.
they made good jewellery
they created Mosaic
masks they created good
portraits and pictures.
they made hardest
furniture the made great
sculptures with lots of
decoration and they made
strong armors.

IMPORTANCE OF JADE IN OTHER

CULTURES
Jade is important in other
cultures e.g. in China Jade is
known as Yu.

China use Nephrite compared

to the Mayans who use
Jadeite.

There are many country's that

have Jadeite and Nephrite e.g.
Korea, Canada, Mesoamerica
and India.

Jade was important in many

countrys because it was a
helpful thing so that they can
make weapons and armors.

Why Was Jade SIgnificant in Ancient

Mayan Society?

The Mayans used jadeite, as

nephrite was not available
over there.
The Mayans made strong
armours and weapons.
The Mayans considered that
Jade was more more
important than Gold.
They made sacred and
artistic objects.
They made the hardest tools.
The made good jewellery and
decoration.

The Mayans used Jadeite

but nephrite was not
available there.Mayans used
Jade to create weapons and
armours.Mayans considered
that Jade was more
important then gold.In
mayan religion they maked
sacred and artistic objects.
The mayans had the hardest
tools in their religion.
They made great jewellery
and decoration.

MAYAN USES FOR

JADE
The Mayans were good at
creating armours and
weapons with Jade.

They made lots of jewellery

with it.

They used it to make

portraits.

They made it mostly for

the ruler of the country.

They made decoration with

it.

The made sculptures.