The term archaeomineralogy is relatively new. It was used by Mitchell (1985) for a brief
bibliography, by Rapp (2002, 2009) for books, and by Kostov et al.(2008) and Rapp (2008) …

The faking and forgery of works of art and antiquities is probably now more extensive than
ever before. The frauds are aided by new technologies, from ink jet printers to epoxy resins …

The ancient trading route known as the Silk Road has always held a fascination for the
Western World. It has for more than a thousand years conjured up for us the mysterious and …

Every year archaeologists in China discover numerous rich sites demonstrating significant
regional variability in Neolithic cultures, primarily from about 6500 BC to 1900 BC This paper …

This article examines the production of prestige goods in the Neolithic and early Bronze Age
(Erlitou and Erligang Cultures) of China, focusing on procurement of raw material, and on …

Liangzhu Culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is world-famous for a large
number of exquisite jade artifacts, but the provenance of nephrite materials has been a …

For millennia, jade has been valued in many cultures in Chinese archaeology. The favoured
types and sources of jade have changed over time, as has our knowledge of the stones …

In a study of the technology used in China to carve jade, a tradition predating the 5th
millennium BC, eight artefacts, dated stylistically to the Neolithic Hongshan and Liangzhu …

The historic Yinggelike nephrite jade deposit in the Altyn Tagh Mountains (Xinjiang, NW
China) is renowned for its gem-quality nephrite with its characteristic light-yellow to greenish …

Nephrite jade is of wide interest, not only for its value as a highly valued precious stone, but
also for its significance in tracing geological and petrological processes. Here, we report the …