In sixteen essays, prominent art historians, sculptors, scientists, and conservators discuss ancient marble sculpture. The essays are based on a symposium held at the J. Paul Getty Museum in April 1988. Topics include the provenancing of marble, the detection of marble forgeries, scientific analysis and authentication of ancient marble, marble quarrying and trade in the ancient world, and the techniques used in ancient sculpture.

• Foreword
  John Walsh
• Disiecta Membra: The Remarkable History of Some Sculptures from an Unknown Temple
  Angelos Delivorrias
• The Quarrying Techniques of the Greek World
  M. Waelkens, P. De Paepe, and L. Moens
• Thasos and the Ancient Marble Trade: Evidence from American Museums
  John J. Herrmann, Jr.
• Stable Isotope Analysis of Greek and Roman Marble: Provenance, Association, and Authenticity
  Norman Herz
• Scientific Provenance Determination of Ancient White Marble Sculptures Using Petrographic, Chemical, and Isotopic Data
  L. Moens, P. Roos, J. De Rudder, P. De Paepe, J. van Hende, and M. Waelkens
• Stable Isotope Analysis of Carrara Marble: Some Questions for the Archaeologist
  Susan Walker and Keith Matthews
• Ancient Techniques of Making Joins in Marble Statuary
  Amanda Claridge
• Repair, Reuse, and Reworking of Ancient Greek Sculpture
  Evelyn B. Harrison
• Metal Attachments in Greek Marble Sculpture
  Bruni Ide S. Ridgway
• Some Reflections on Tools and Faking
  Peter Rockwell
• The Decline and Fall of a Greek Portrait: A Fake Portrait Tells Its Story
  Flemming Johansen
• Isotope Analysis of Greek, Roman, and Renaissance Marble Heads from the Antiquarium at Munich
  Josef Riederer
• Rosso Antico and Other Red Marbles Used in Antiquity: A Characterization Study
  Lorenzo Lazzarini
• Once Again on Marmor Luculleum
  Angelina Dworakowska
• Weathering Layers and the Authentication of Marble Objects
  Richard Newman
• Ancient Greek and Roman Marble Sculpture: Authentication, Weathering, and Provenance Determinations
  Stanley V. Margolis and William Showers