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Expedition Volume 24, Number 1 Fall 1981Special Issue: The Ancient Art and Craft of the Lapidary
Cover: Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1919. Necklace of gold, enamel and various stones from northern India, XVIII-XIX century AD, diameter of central pendant, 2 inches.

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The Ancient Art and Craft of the Lapidary
Leonard Gorelick

Paleolithic Tools--Some Design Considerations
John S. Kopper

Beadmaking in Iran in the Early Bronze Age--Derived by Scanning Electron Microscopy
A. John Gwinnett and Leonard Gorelick

The Lapidary Arts in Islam--An Underappreciated Tradition
Manuel Keene

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