Primary glass factories around the Mediterranean

Glass objects and chunk glass were sampled from consumer and secondary production sites as well as shipwrecks and primary factories. In total almost 350 samples of glass from 30 archaeological excavations were analysed geochemically and compared to the signature of possible sand raw materials and kn...

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Published inGlass Making in the Greco-Roman World no. 4; p. 97
Main Authors Degryse, Patrick, Ganio, M., Boyen, S., Blomme, A., Scott, B., Brems, D., Carremans, M., Honings, J., Fenn, T., Cattin, Florence
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Leuven University Press 30.01.2015
SeriesStudies in Archaeological Sciences
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Archaeology and Prehistory
Humanities and Social Sciences
Archéologie
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Summary:Glass objects and chunk glass were sampled from consumer and secondary production sites as well as shipwrecks and primary factories. In total almost 350 samples of glass from 30 archaeological excavations were analysed geochemically and compared to the signature of possible sand raw materials and known primary glass factories. The chronology of the samples was determined by stratigraphical association. The samples come from securely dated contexts between the 6 th century BC (possibly going into the 8thcentury BC) and the 8thcentury AD (possibly going into the 9thcentury AD) and are all natron glass. Plant ash glasses (with
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