Wednesday, December 24, 2014

New at OAPEN: Glass Making in the Greco-Roman World

Glass Making in the Greco-Roman World: Results of the ARCHGLASS Project

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Author(s)Degryse, Patrick
PublisherLeuven Unversity Press, Belgium, Leuven
Published
SubjectsHumanitiesArchaeologyArchaeology by period / region__Classical Greek and Roman archaeology
Abstract
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.
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KeywordsHellenistic-Roman glass
raw material procurement
glass trade
LanguageEnglish
Number of pages190
ISBN9789462700079
9789461661579
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