Ancient glass an interdisciplinary exploration
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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xx, 433 pages : ill.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"This book provides an integrated interdisciplinary approach to the study of a complex and fascinating ancient material. A variety of aspects of ancient glass is discussed including principally archaeology, history, chemical analysis, materials science, geology and botany. The aims of the book are to explore these aspects by using a combination of focused studies and case studies in a variety of ancient and historical periods. Each case study, in Bronze Age Mesopotamia, Late Hellenistic-early Roman Middle East and the Islamic world, has been selected so as to incorporate contrasting social, political, economic and ritual contexts in which glass was manufactured, traded and used. These contrasting characteristics of societies therefore influenced the ways in which glass fitted into society: the ways in which it was manufactured and used. The relationships between production, trade and use of ancient materials including glass are complex. The scale of production involving a range of facilities and critical combinations of raw materials from a variety of sources were characteristic of the specific society and their ideologies. Each step in the chan̋e oppřatoire involved decisions, each with a social impact and significance leading to the manufacture of glass artefacts characteristic of that society. The control over each aspect of production was a reflection of the degree of social hierarchy, (perhaps involving social elites) and complexity at the time"--,Provided by publisher.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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Henderson, J. (2013). Ancient glass: an interdisciplinary exploration . Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Henderson, Julian, 1953-. 2013. Ancient Glass: An Interdisciplinary Exploration. Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Henderson, Julian, 1953-. Ancient Glass: An Interdisciplinary Exploration Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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505 | 8 | |a Machine generated contents note: 1. Glass as a material: a technological background in fiaence, pottery and metal?; 2. Ways to flux silica: ashes and minerals; 3. Silica, lime and glass colorants; 4. Glass chemical compositions; 5. Early glass: archaeology; 6. Scientific analysis of early glass; 7. Hellenistic to Roman: a change from small- to large-scale glass production?; 8. Scientific studies of Hellenistic and early Roman glass; 9. Islamic glass: technological continuity and innovation; 10. Chemical analyses of Islamic glasses; 11. The provenance of ancient glass; 12. Conclusions. | |
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