Ancient glass / Julian Henderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henderson, Julian, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glass manufacture--History.

Glass manufacture.

Glassware, Ancient.

Glassware, Classical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 433 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of archaeological glass in which technological, historical, geological, chemical and cultural aspects of the study of ancient glass are combined. The book examines why and how this unique material was invented some 4,500 years ago and considers the ritual, social, economic and political contexts of its development. It also provides an in-depth consideration of glass as a material, the raw materials used to make it, and its wide range of chemical compositions in both the East and the West from its invention to the seventeenth century AD. Julian Henderson focuses on three contrasting archaeological and scientific case studies: Late Bronze Age glass, late Hellenistic-early Roman glass, and Islamic glass in the Middle East. He considers in detail the provenances of ancient glass using scientific techniques and discusses a range of vessels and their uses in ancient societies.

Contents:

Glass as a material: a technological background in faience, pottery and metal?

Ways to flux silica: ashes and minerals

Silica, lime and glass colourants

Glass chemical compositions

Early glass in the Middle East and Europe: innovation, archaeology and the contexts for production and use

Early glass in the Middle East and Europe: scientific analysis

Hellenistic to Roman: a change from small- to large-scale glass production?

Late Hellenistic and early Roman glass: Scientific studies

Islamic glass: technological continuity and innovation

Islamic glass: scientific research

The provenance of ancient glass

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-23434-4

1-139-61007-4

1-139-61193-3

1-139-62123-8

1-283-94306-9

1-139-62495-4

1-139-60852-5

1-139-61565-3

1-139-02188-5

OCLC:

823724311