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Scientific analysis and the study of Baltic amber

The role of the scientist: The amber trade, the chemical analysis of amber, and the determination of Baltic provenience

Pages 191-199 | Published online: 28 Feb 2007

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  • The first comprehensive treatment of the amber trade appears to be Werlauff E.C. Bidrag til den norkiske ravhandels historie Copenhagen 1835 but it was not even then a new subject. J. Oppert, L'ambre jaune chez les Assyriens (Paris, 1880), 2, cites a paper by J. M. Gessner of 1753, and H. R. Göppert in Archiv für Anthropologie, 2 (1867), 112 mentions a work Über den Bernsteinhandel vor der Kreuzherren Ankunft (dated 1748) but gives no author.
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  • Cp. Rottländer R.C.A. On the Formation of Amber from Pinus Resin Archaeometry 1970 12 35 51 and C. W. Beck, “Aus der Bernstein-Forschung,” Naturwissenschaften, 59 (1972), 294–98.
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  • Cf. Beck C.W. Liu T. Origine de l'ambre des grottes du Hasard et du Prevel Gallia Préhistoire 1976 19 201 207
  • Beck , C.W. , Adams , A.B. , Southard , G.C. and Fellows , C. 1971 . “ Determination of the Origin of Greek Amber Artifacts by Computer-classification of Infrared Spectra ” . In Science and Archaeology , Edited by: Brill , R.H. 235 – 240 . Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press . in
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