| Summary: | Amber is a fossilized plant resin found in many areas of the world, such as the Baltic Sea coastline, in Central-and South America and, more rarely, in southern Italy. The following work aims to introduce the reader to some experiments carried out on raw Baltic amber cores, using different techniques and tools with the purpose of verifying how effective these tools can be, and any reaction of the amber. All this should confirm or refute some hypotheses regarding amber working in the Picenian context. The amber cores used in this work come from Germany, Estonia, and Poland. The tools used have either been self-produced or made by modifying modern tools. In any case, the main guideline regarding the use of tools was to avoid any modern implement for could not be evidenced or hypothesized in a protohistoric context. There is a single exception to this guideline. That is the use of a blowtorch to heat the other tools, when needed, substituting for an open fire due to safety and practicality reasons.
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