Ancient Jewellery (Interpreting the Past S.) - Softcover

Ogden, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520080300 ISBN 13: 9780520080300

Publisher: University of California Press, 1992

Synopsis

Jewellery has a rare power to communicate, even across millennia, the feelings, beliefs, and aspirations of the people who wore it. Jewellery also contributes to the study of ancient art and metalworking techniques, for great skill was required to create what are often small-scale works of art. But the importance of surviving artifacts of the jeweller's craft - quite apart from the inherent attraction of individual pieces - is now increasing as the number of new scientific techniques available to archaeologists expands, complementing the more traditional methods of analysis. This book shows how important ancient jewellery is to interpreting the past.

About this title

About the Author:

Jack Ogden is founder of the Society of Jewellery Historians and a leading authority on the materials, technology, and authenticity of ancient jewellery. He is the author of numerous articles and a book on the jewellery of the ancient world.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0520080300
• ISBN 13: 9780520080300
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64