Amber and the ancient world
Jewelry : never just jewelry -- Amber magic? -- What is amber? -- Where is amber found -- The properties of amber -- Ancient names for amber -- Color and other optical characteristics : ancient perception and reception -- Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber -- Amber and forgery -- The a...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Los Angeles, Calif
J. Paul Getty Museum
2011
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Amber
> History
> Civilization, Ancient
> Mediterranean Region
> Civilization
> Antiquities
> Italy
> Bernstein
> Antike
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Jewelry : never just jewelry -- Amber magic? -- What is amber? -- Where is amber found -- The properties of amber -- Ancient names for amber -- Color and other optical characteristics : ancient perception and reception -- Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber -- Amber and forgery -- The ancient transport of amber -- Literary sources on the use of amber -- Amber medicine, amber amulets -- Archeological evidence for the use of figured amber : three periods of abundance -- The working of amber : ancient evidence and modern analysis -- The production of ancient figured amber objects. Jewelry : never just jewelry -- Amber magic? -- What is amber? -- Where is amber found -- The properties of amber -- Ancient names for amber -- Color and other optical characteristics : ancient perception and reception -- Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber -- Amber and forgery -- The ancient transport of amber -- Literary sources on the use of amber -- Amber medicine, amber amulets -- Archeological evidence for the use of figured amber : three periods of abundance -- The working of amber : ancient evidence and modern analysis -- The production of ancient figured amber objects |
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| Beschreibung: | Based on introduction to online catalogue of ancient carved amber in the J. Paul Getty Museum Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-145) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 152 S. col. ill., col. map 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 1606060821 1-60606-082-1 9781606060827 978-1-60606-082-7 |