Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn

Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn
Author: Arthur MacGregor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2014-10-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317602021

Artefacts made from skeletal materials since the Roman period were, before this book, neglected as a serious area of study. This is a comprehensive account which reviews over fifty categories of artefact. The book starts with a consideration of the formation, morphology and mechanical properties of the materials and illuminates characteristics concerning working with them. Following chapters discuss the organisation of the industry and trade in such items, including the changing status of the industry over time. Archaeological evidence is combined with that from historical and ethnological sources, with many illustrations providing key visual reference. Originally published in 1985.

Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn

Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn
Author: Arthur MacGregor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2014-10-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317602013

Artefacts made from skeletal materials since the Roman period were, before this book, neglected as a serious area of study. This is a comprehensive account which reviews over fifty categories of artefact. The book starts with a consideration of the formation, morphology and mechanical properties of the materials and illuminates characteristics concerning working with them. Following chapters discuss the organisation of the industry and trade in such items, including the changing status of the industry over time. Archaeological evidence is combined with that from historical and ethnological sources, with many illustrations providing key visual reference. Originally published in 1985.

Craft, Industry and Everyday Life

Craft, Industry and Everyday Life
Author: A. MacGregor
Publisher: Council for British Archaeology(GB)
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1999
Genre: Animal remains (Archaeology)
ISBN: 9781872414997

The bone, antler, ivory and horn artefacts from excavations and discoveries in York form a large assemblage of material. The range of artefacts ascribes to the versatility of the raw material and the complexity of its working in the manufacture of objects. The majority of artefacts are made from bone and antler, with horn and ivory far less common. Examples of a vast range of object types are discussed and illustrated here, and also includes comparative material from other locations in the city of York.

Ivory, Bone, and Related Wood Finds

Ivory, Bone, and Related Wood Finds
Author: Wilma Olch Stern
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 457
Release: 1976
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9004158189

Parts of crossed-leg chairs and richly decorated fragments of bone and ivory excavated at Kenchreai, the Eastern port of Corinth, include scenes of an emperor and a miniature ivory Corinthian arcade that decorated luxurious furniture produced in late Roman Egypt.

English Medieval Industries

English Medieval Industries
Author: John Blair
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781852853266

This work is intended as a modern successor to L.F. Salzman's "English Industries in the Middle Ages" (1913). The approach to each industry is by material, discussing its acquisition, working and sale as a finished product. Only industries that resulted in the production of consumer goods and where substantial numbers of artefacts survive from the Middle Ages are dealt with (fishing and brewing are therefore omitted); the text is illustrated by pictures of surviving objects and contemporary representations of medieval work.