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Author Degryse, Patrick.

Title Glass making in the Greco-Roman world : results of the ARCHGLASS project / edited by Patrick Degryse
Published Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Studies in archaeological sciences ; 4
Studies in archaeological sciences ; 4.
Contents The archaeology and archaeometry of natron glass making / R.B. Scott, P. Degryse -- Western Mediterranean sands for ancient glass making / D. Brems, P. Degryse -- The Sr-Nd isotopic fingerprint of sand raw materials / D. Brems, M. Ganio, P. Degryse -- Trace elements in sand raw materials / D. Brems, P. Degryse -- The Sources of Natron / V. Devulder, P. Degryse -- Primary glass factories around the Mediterranean / P. Degryse, M. Ganio, S. Boyen, A. Blomme, B. Scott, D. Brems, M. Carremans, J. Honings, T. Fenn, F. Cattin
Summary This book presents a reconstruction of the Hellenistic-Roman glass industry from the point of view of raw material procurement. Within the ERC funded ARCHGLASS project, the authors of this work developed new geochemical techniques to provenance primary glass making. They investigated both production and consumer sites of glass, and identified suitable mineral resources for glass making through geological prospecting. Because the source of the raw materials used in the manufacturing of natron glass can be determined, new insights in the trade of this material are revealed. While eastern Mediterranean glass factories were active throughout the Hellenistic to early Islamic period, western Mediterranean and possibly Italian and North African sources also supplied the Mediterranean world with raw glass in early Roman times. By combining archaeological and scientific data, the authors develop new interdisciplinary techniques for an innovative archaeological interpretation of glass trade in the Hellenistic-Roman world, highlighting the development of glass as an economic material
Analysis Glass trade
Hellenistic-Roman glass
Raw material procurement
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes European Research Council (ERC) 240750
Subject Glassware, Ancient.
Glassware, Classical.
Glassware, Roman.
Glassware -- Mediterranean Region -- History
Glassware -- Middle East -- History
Glassware industry -- Rome -- History
Glassware industry -- Mediterranean Region -- History
Glassware industry -- Middle East -- History
Glass -- Rome -- History
Glass -- Mediterranean Region -- History
Glass -- Middle East -- History
Glass manufacture -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500
Glass manufacture -- Mediterranean Region -- History
Glass manufacture -- Middle East -- History
Glass manufacture -- Rome -- History
Archaeology by period -- region.
Archaeology.
Classical Greek and Roman archaeology.
Humanities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Antiquities
Glass
Glass manufacture
Glassware
Glassware, Ancient
Glassware, Classical
Glassware industry
Glassware, Roman
SUBJECT Rome -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115088
Middle East -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004414
Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities
Subject Mediterranean Region
Middle East
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Degryse, Patrick
ISBN 9789461661579
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9462700079
9789462700079