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L'Homme et le Precieux: Materières Minérales Précieuses

edited by Marie-hélène Moncel and François Fröhlich

This volume publishes the contributions to a research project involving 37 authors to examine the evolution of the idea of the precious stone looking at the role of objects considered to have aesthetic value in a wide range of cultures and time periods although focusing on the emergence of the concept in the palaeolithic. French text. 314p b/w illus 6 col pls (BAR 1934, Heges 2009)

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