In This Section:

3. Understanding Materials

 

3.1 Introduction: Materials analysis

3.2 Techniques of analysis

3.3 Methods of examination

3.4 Ceramics

3.5 Metals

3.6 Lithics

3.7 Vitreous materials

3.8 Other materials

3.9 Conservation science

3.10 Research Recommendations

 

 

Selection of the Lewis chessmen. Analysis of the chessmen has revealed that they were carved from walrus ivory, probably the work of five different craftsmen, most likely in the 12th or 13th centuries AD in Trondheim, Norway, ©NMS

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