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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Amber and the ancient world
  name:
    name part: Causey, Faya.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: J. Paul Getty Museum
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 152 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
  table of contents: 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.
  note: Faya Causey.
  note: Based on introduction to online catalogue of ancient carved amber in the J. Paul Getty Museum.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: mm-----
    geographic code: e-it---
  subject:
    topic: Amber
    geographic: Mediterranean Region
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Amber
    geographic: Italy
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Amber
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Civilization, Ancient
  subject:
    geographic: Mediterranean Region
    topic: Civilization
  subject:
    geographic: Mediterranean Region
    topic: Antiquities
  subject:
    geographic: Italy
    topic: Civilization
  subject:
    geographic: Italy
    topic: Antiquities
  classification: TS755.A5 C38 2011
  classification: 553.8/79091822
  identifier: 9781606060827 (hardcover)
  identifier: 1606060821 (hardcover)
  identifier: 2011013719
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 110405
    record change date: 20151202150945.0
    record identifier: in00002742527