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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140493003321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leuven, Belgium : , : Leuven University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

9461661576

9789461661579

9462700079

9789462700079

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Studies in archaeological sciences ; ; 4

Disciplina

938

Soggetti

Glassware, Ancient

Glassware, Classical

Glass manufacture - Rome - History

Glass manufacture - Mediterranean Region - History

Glass manufacture - Middle East - History

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

Rome Antiquities

Middle East Antiquities

Mediterranean Region Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-189)

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. The archaeology and archaeometry of natron glass making / R.B. Scott, P. Degryse -- Chapter 2. Western Mediterranean sands for ancient glass making / D. Brems, P. Degryse -- Chapter 3. The Sr-Nd isotopic fingerprint of sand raw materials / D. Brems, M. Ganio, P. Degryse -- Chapter 4. Trace elements in sand raw materials / D. Brems, P. Degryse -- Chapter 5. The Sources of Natron / V. Devulder, P. Degryse -- Chapter 6. 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 -- Chapter 7. Conclusion / P. Degryse.

Sommario/riassunto

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.