Discovery, production and use of tin-based opacifiers in glasses, enamels and glazes from the Late Iron Age onwards: A reassessment

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-84

  Tite, Michael ^a   Pradell, T ^b   Shortland, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Byzantine; Early medieval; Enamels; Europe; Glass; Glaze; Islamic; Lead stannate; Near east; Opacifiers; Roman; Tinoxide; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLASS; IRON AGE; MEDIEVAL; PHASE TRANSITION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 38549159022     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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