Deeply coloured and black glass in the northern provinces of the Roman empire: Differences and similarities in chemical composition before and after AD 150

Archaeometry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 822-844

  Van Der Linden, V ^a   Cosyns, P ^b   Schalm, O ^a   Cagno, S ^a   Nys, K ^b   Janssens, K ^a   Nowak, A ^c   Wagner, B ^c   Bulska, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Analysis; Black; Deeply coloured; Glass colouring; LA ICP MS; Late la t ne; Roman; SEM EDS; Technological evolution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ROMAN ERA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 77953126832     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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