Stones from medieval glassmaking a suitable waste product for reconstructing an early stage of the melting process in the Mt Lecco glass factory

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 822-834

  Basso, Elena ^a   Messiga, B ^a   Riccardi, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

14th 15th century; EPMA; Fractional melting; Glass; Italy; Sem EDX; Stones

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GLASS; LIMESTONE; MEDIEVAL; MELTING; QUARTZ; TEXTURE;

EID: 64649106451     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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