Vitreous materials in the late Bronze Age Aegean / edited by Caroline M. Jackson and Emma C. Wager.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Caroline M.

Wager, Emma C.

Series:

Sheffield studies in Aegean archaeology ; 9.

Sheffield studies in Aegean archaeology ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glass, Prehistoric--Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey).

Glass, Prehistoric.

Bronze age--Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey).

Bronze age.

Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)--Antiquities.

Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey).

Physical Description:

xxiii, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (partly color), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, CT : Distributed in the USA by David Brown, [2008]

Summary:

The explosion of research in the field of ancient and historic glasses has opened up glass studies in recent years. However, our deeper understanding of the technology and provenance of Bronze Age Egyptian and Roman glasses in the Mediterranean has not been mirrored by our studies of glasses and other vitreous materials found in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. There are few studies which collate the material culture of the region and still fewer which explore the patterning of vitreous materials in the landscape. Our knowledge of where the material originated and who used it is still incomplete. Therefore, in 2005 a group of scholars in the fields of glass studies and Aegean prehistory came together as part of the Sheffield Center for Aegean Archaeology's Round Table discussion to bring the subject up to date. The central themes to this discussion were based upon provenance, occurrence and the role of vitreous materials in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean. Eleven papers are presented from the discussions by experts in Bronze Age glass and faience and Aegean specialists, who examine a fascinating and diverse selection of topics surrounding the production, movement, use and role of vitreous materials in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. The contributions from John Bennet, Karen Foster, Helen Hughes-Brock, Caroline Jackson, Paul Nicholson, Georg Nightingale, Marina Panagiotaki, Mark Peters, Edgar Pusch, Thilo Rehren, Sue Sherratt, Mike Tite, Emma Wager and others bring together our current understanding of these materials and their role in the societies who used them.

Contents:

Introduction Vitreous Materials in the Late Bronze Age Aegean: a Window to the East Mediterranean / Caroline M. Jackson, Emma C. Wager xi

1 Glass and Faience Production Sites in New Kingdom Egypt: a Review of the Evidence / Paul T. Nicholson 1

2 Crushed Rock and Molten Salt? Some Aspects of the Primary Glass Production at Qantir/Pi-Ramesse / Thilo Rehren, Edgar B. Pusch 14

3 The Technological Development of Aegean Vitreous Materials in the Bronze Age / Marina Panagiotaki 34

4 Tiny, Fragile, Common, Precious. Mycenaean Glass and Faience Beads and Other Objects / Georg Nightingale 64

5 The Scientific Examination of Aegean Vitreous Materials-Problems and Potential / Michael Tite, Andrew Shortland, Gareth Hatton, Yannis Maniatis, Despina Kavoussanaki, Mathilda Pyrli, Marina Panagiotaki 105

6 Close Encounters of Interesting Kinds. Relief Beads and Glass Seals: Design and Craftsmen / Helen Hughes-Brock 126

7 Palace TM: Speculations on Palatial Production in Mycenaean Greece with (Some) References to Glass / John Bennet 151

8 Minoan Faience Revisited / Karen Polinger Foster 173

9 Colour Use and Symbolism in Bronze Age Crete: Exploring Social and Technological Relationships / Mark Peters 187

10 Vitreous Materials in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages: Some Questions of Values / Susan Sherratt 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781842172612

1842172611

OCLC:

85830024