Glass making in the Greco-Roman world : results of the ARCHGLASS project / edited by Patrick Degryse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Degryse, Patrick, editor.

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Series:

Studies in archaeological sciences ; 4.

Studies in archaeological sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glass manufacture--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500.

Glass manufacture.

History.

Mediterranean Region--Antiquities.

Mediterranean Region.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

189 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, [2014]

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 Italian 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.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The archaeology and archaeometry of natron glass making / R.B. Scott Scott, R.B., P. Degryse Degryse, P. 15

Chapter 2 Western Mediterranean sands for ancient glass making / D. Brems Brems, D., P. Degryse Degryse, P. 27

Chapter 3 The Sr-Nd isotopic fingerprint of sand raw materials / D. Brems Brems, D., M. Ganio Ganio, M., P. Degryse Degryse, P. 51

Chapter 4 Trace elements in sand raw materials / D. Brems Brems, D., P.Degryse 69

Chapter 5 The Sources of Natron / V. Devulder Devulder, V., P. Degryse Degryse, P. 87

Chapter 6 Primary glass factories around the Mediterranean / P. Degryse Degryse, P., M. Ganio Ganio, M., S. Boyen Boyen, S., A. Blomme Blomme, A., B. Scott Scott, B., D. Brems Brems, D., M. Carremans Carremans, M., J. Honings Honings, J., T. Fenn Fenn, T., F. Cattin Cattin, F. 97

Chapter 7 Conclusions / P. Degryse Degryse, P. 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

ISBN:

9462700079

OCLC:

895625614

Publisher Number:

99963179522