[HN Gopher] Earliest glass workshop north of the Alps discovered
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       Earliest glass workshop north of the Alps discovered
        
       Author : Petiver
       Score  : 75 points
       Date   : 2023-08-04 04:24 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | philbo wrote:
       | Complete tangent but this sent me down an interesting rabbit hole
       | reading about the Celts. I had no idea they (probably) originated
       | in central Europe, I'd assumed what we now call the Celtic
       | nations were the origin.
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts
        
         | timeon wrote:
         | > what we now call the Celtic nations
         | 
         | Periphery is usually able to preserve some forms of past
         | culture because there is no pressure from development.
        
       | llsf wrote:
       | Alps and neighbor Jura Mountains are still where all the major
       | glass/crystal factories still are (Baccarat, Lalique, Daum,
       | Galle, Saint-Louis, etc.). If I recall correctly the reason is
       | that they had access to sand and lots of wood.
        
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