LEADER 02374nam 22004213 450 001 9910824775703321 005 20230629225428.0 010 $a9781789145922$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9781789145915 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29378270 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29378270 035 $a(CKB)24266027600041 035 $a(BIP)083456519 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924266027600041 100 $a20220720d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmber $eFrom Antiquity to Eternity 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cReaktion Books, Limited,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022. 215 $a1 online resource (273 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: King, Rachel Amber London : Reaktion Books, Limited,c2022 9781789145915 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- One: Amber: What, When, Where? -- Two: Legend and Myth -- Three: Ancestors and Amber -- Four: Unearthing Amber -- Five: Making and Faking Amber -- Six: Accessorizing with Amber -- Seven: Artistic Ambers -- Eight: Lost Ambers -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index. 330 8 $aSpanning centuries and continents, a beautifully illustrated history of humanitys enduring enthrallment with a seemingly banal substance: petrified tree sap, or amber. This book is a history of human engagement with amber across three millennia. The book vividly describes our conceptions, stories, and political and scholarly disputes about amber, as well as issues of national and personal identity, religion, art, literature, music, and science. Rachel King rewrites ambers history for the 21st century, tackling thorny ethical and moral questions regarding humanitys relationship with amber in the past, as well our connection with it today. With the Earth facing unprecedented challenges, amber - the natural time capsule, and preserver of key information about the planets evolutional history - promises to offer invaluable insights into what comes next. 610 $aEarth Sciences 610 $aScience 676 $a553.879 700 $aKing$b Rachel$01187467 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910824775703321 996 $aAmber$94077164 997 $aUNINA