TY - BOOK AU - Tait,Hugh ED - British Museum. TI - 7000 years of jewellery SN - 0714150320 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - British Museum Press KW - British Museum KW - Catalogs KW - Jewelry KW - History KW - England KW - London N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-252) and index; Ch. 1. The Middle East: 5000-2000 B.C. -- ch. 2. The Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean and North of the Alps: 2000-1400 B.C. -- ch. 3. Egypt: 1500-900 B.C. -- ch. 4. Europe and Western Asia, 1400-600 B.C. -- ch. 5. Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan and Persian lands: 850-325 B.C. -- ch. 6. China, Celtic Europe, Mexico and Peru: 600 B.C - A.D. 600 -- ch. 7. The Mediterranean, Parthia, India, Egypt, Roman Britain and Byzantium: 325 B.C. - A.D. 600 -- ch. 8. Europe, China, Korea and Japan: A.D. 300-1000 -- ch. 9. Mayan Central America: A.D. 600-1000 -- ch. 10. Central and South America: A.D. 500-1500 -- ch. 11. Europe, Islam, China, Korea and Java: A.D. 1000-1500 -- ch. 12. Europe: A.D. 1500-1700 -- ch. 13. China, India, Tibet and Mongolia: A.D. 1500-1850 -- ch. 14. West Africa: A.D. 1500-1800 -- ch. 15. Europe: A.D. 1700-1950 -- ch. 16. Amulets -- ch. 17. Cameos in jewellery -- ch. 18. Functional finger-rings ER -