Raw materials for medieval to post-medieval Tuscan glassmaking: new insight from LA-ICP-MS analyses

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3030-3036

  Cagno, S ^a   Mendera, M ^b   Jeffries, T ^c   Janssens, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Historical glassmaking; LA ICP MS; SEM EDX; Trace elements; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDIEVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 77957228029     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.06.030     Document Type: Article

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