Volume 24 / Number 1
1981
Special Edition: The Ancient Craft and Art of the Lapidary
On The Cover: On the cover: Necklace of gold, enamel and various stones from northern India, XVIII-XIX century AD, diameter of central pendant, 2 inches. Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1919.
Vol. 24 / No. 1
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
University Museum Announcements
With the return of Martin Biddle to England at the end of June, The University Museum has passed into a […]
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By: Leonard Gorelick
The Ancient Craft and Art of the Lapidary
This present issue of Expedition, like the previous one, is a special number devoted to the subject of the ancient […]
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By: Manuel Keene
The Lapidary Arts in Islam: An Underappreciated Tradition
Islamic Gemstones and Gemology One can hardly think of jewelry without thinking of gemstones so strongly associated are they, both […]
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By: A. John Gwinnett
Beadmaking in Iran in the Early Bronze Age: Derived by Scanning Electron Microscopy
Introduction The techniques used to manufacture the ubiquitous bead occupy a significant place in the development of lapidary technology Fashioned […]
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By: John S. Kopper
Paleolithic Tools: Some Design Considerations
Paleolithic tools have seldom been analyzed from the design viewpoint. We know a great deal about how they were made […]
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