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The writings of Western Sudanic Africa

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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum / by Causey, Faya

Table of Contents: “…-- The properties of amber -- Ancient names for amber -- Color and other optical characteristics: ancient perception and reception -- Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber -- Amber and forgery -- The ancient transport of amber -- Literary sources on the use of amber -- Amber medicine, amber amulets -- The bronze age -- Early iron age and the orientalizing period -- The archaic and afterward -- The working of amber: ancient evidence and modern analysis -- The production of ancient figured amber objects -- Catalogue -- Technical essay: analysis of selected ambers from the collections of the J. …”
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Materiology : the creatives guide to materials and technologies / by Kula, Daniel, Ternaux, Elodie

Table of Contents: “…Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene -- Aerogels -- Alucobond® -- Aluminum -- Asphalt -- Basalt, melted and lava -- Bakelite -- Bamboo -- Biopolymers -- Brass -- Bronze -- Burrs -- Carbon -- Cardboard -- Cast iron -- Cellulose acetate -- Ceramic, architectural -- Ceramic, technical -- Ceramic, traditional -- Chipboard -- Concretes, conventional -- Concretes, fibre -- Concrete, high performance -- Copper -- Cork -- Crystal -- Diamond -- Electroluminescence -- Emerald -- Epoxy or epoxides polyepoxides -- Felt -- Fibres, artificial -- Fibres, carbon, aramid, basalt -- Fibres, glass -- Fibres of animal origin -- Fibres of vegetable origin -- Fibres, synthetic -- Foams -- Full grain leather -- Fur -- Gallium -- Glass, 3D -- Glass, borosilicate -- Glass, coated -- Glass, security-safety -- Glass, toughened -- Glass, vitroceramic -- Gold -- Granite -- Honeycombs -- Horn -- Ivory -- Lacquer -- Laminated timber, glued -- Laminates -- Laser -- Latheboard or coreboard -- Lead -- LED -- LED, O-, P-, PHO- -- Light source, discharge fluorescent -- Light source, halogen incandescent -- Light source, sodium mercury discharge -- Light source, standard incandescent -- Limestone -- Liquidmetal® -- Lithium -- Magnesium -- Magnetic materials -- Marble -- MDF -- Mercury -- Metamaterials -- Mirrors -- Mortar -- Nacre -- Non-Newtonian fluids -- Nubuck-buckskin-suede -- Oriented strand-board -- Paper -- Parchment -- Phosphorescence-fluorescence -- Photovoltaic cell -- Piezoelectric materials -- Plaster -- Plywood -- Plywood, moulded -- Polyamide -- Polycarbonate -- Polyester -- Polymethyl methacrylate -- Polyoxymethylene -- Polypropylene -- Polystyrene -- Polytetrafluorethylene -- Polyurethane -- Polyvinal chloride -- Precious stones -- Rare earths -- Rubber-latex -- Ruby & sapphire -- Sandstone -- Schist -- Semiconductors -- Shape memory alloys -- Sharkskin or shagreen -- Shell -- Silicon -- Silicone -- Silver -- Solid surfaces -- Superconductors -- Stainless steel -- Steels -- Thermoplastic elastomers -- Tin -- Titanium -- Veneer -- Wood polymers -- Wood, retified -- Wood species -- XX-chromatic -- Zamak alloys -- Zinc -- Processes. …”
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