Amber in Prehistoric Britain - int-uk Author:Curt Beck, Stephen Shennan Infrared absorption spectroscopy is able to pinpoint the source of British Prehistoric amber, here shown by analysis of all surviving finds to be predominantly Baltic. This leads on to a discussion of British amber in a European context, and of its particular significance as a social indicator, and as an item of trade or exchange. Complete with ... more »catalogue, analyses, drawings. 231p with figs. (Oxbow Monograph 8, 1991) Pb« less