The identification of carving techniques on Chinese jade

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1413-1428

  Sax, Margaret ^a   Meeks, Nigel D ^a   Michaelson, Carol ^a   Middleton, Andrew P ^a  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binocular microscopy; Carving; China; Jade; Nephrite; Raman microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Technique; Tool mark

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT;

EID: 4544355533     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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