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Ancient glass, Julian Henderson

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Ancient glass

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Julian Henderson

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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.--, Provided by publisher

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