Earliest glass workshop north of the Alps discovered

[Petiver]

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-earliest-glass-workshop-north-alps.html

[philbo]

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 → philbo]

> 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]

Alps and neighbor Jura Mountains are still where all the major glass/crystal factories still are (Baccarat, Lalique, Daum, Gallé, Saint-Louis, etc.). If I recall correctly the reason is that they had access to sand and lots of wood.