Conclusions This study has demonstrated that chemical analysis using FTIR and THM-Py-GC/MS can provide rich details concerning the composition of antique amber objects. Fundamentally, the analytical results showed that all of the amber objects in the Getty Museum are classified as Baltic amber. Additional information revealed the nature and extent of deterioration, and provided tantalizing hints about the nature of the burial conditions to which some of these objects may have been exposed. Finally, detection of certain marker compounds has shown that a number of amber objects were treated with drying oils and fats and, furthermore, that amber oil treatment does THM-Py-GC/MS results for surface samples from treated amber not interfere with the provenancing process. Figure 9 objects. Figure 10 FTIR results for core samples from treated amber objects. Analysis of Selected Ambers 277