Artefacts made from skeletal materials since the Roman period were, before this book, neglected as a serious area of study. This is a comprehensive account which reviews over fifty categories of artefact. The book starts with a consideration of the formation, morphology and mechanical properties of the materials and illuminates characteristics concerning working with them. Following chapters discuss the organisation of the industry and trade in such items, including the changing status of the industry over time. Archaeological evidence is combined with that from historical and ethnological sources, with many illustrations providing key visual reference. Originally published in 1985.

Bone, Antler, Ivory & Horn: The Technology of Skeletal Materials Since the Roman Period

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arthur-macgregor

Crafts & Hobbies

Croom Helm

Bone, antler, ivory & horn: The technology of skeletal materials since the Roman period

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

Ark to Ashmolean

History

Ashmolean Museum

St Helena

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<p>This catalogue brings together some of the finest natural history drawings executed for Cassiano, including 251 coloured drawings of fauna, and 63 of gems, marbles, fossils and other natural curiosities. Cassiano had a particular interest in ornithology, and birds are thus the best-represented members of the animal kingdom in this group, with more than 200 drawings of both native and exotic species. Other drawings of fauna catalogued here include mammals, fishes and crustaceans. Like the bird drawings, many are drawn with painstaking attention to detail and scale, a complete specimen drawn on a reduced scale to fit the sheet, with anatomical details depicted life size. The drawings of mineral specimens and other natural curiosities depict the sort of item commonly found in seventeenth-century collectors' cabinets: gemstones, bezoars, marbles, corals, 'Lucifer' stones, fossils, exotic seeds and beans, as well as scientific instruments.</p>

Birds, Other Animals and Natural Curiosities (Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo. Series B: Natural History) (The Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo, Series B: Natural History, B)

Arts & Photography

Paula Findlenx

Henrietta McBurney

Caterina Napoleone

Ian Rolfe

History & Criticism

Harvey Miller

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