This book, intended as a reference guide for conservators, restorers, art historians and archaeologists, describes the various phases of the working of stone and follows the basic techniques and some of the most used variants. Using a serious of stone monuments of different types and eras as illustrations, both the techniques and the ways of recording them are demonstrated. This book provides anyone who has an interest in looking at works of art in stone with a means of understanding the techniques which went into their making.