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 in | Glass Making in the Greco-Roman World no. 4; p. 97 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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Leuven University Press
30.01.2015
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Series | Studies in Archaeological Sciences |
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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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ISBN: | 9789462700079 9462700079 |