Data on 61 chemical elements for the characterization of three major glass compositions in late antiquity and the middle ages

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-102

  Wedepohl, Karl Hans ^a   Simon, Klaus ^a   Kronz, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beechwood; Calcium Stabilizer; Colours; Halophytic Plant Ash; La Icp Ms; Microprobe; Quartz Sand; Soda Ash Glass; Soda Lime Glass; Trona; Wood Ash Glass

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; COLOR; GLASS; MAGNESIUM; MIDDLE AGES; POTASSIUM; QUARTZ; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SODIUM;

EUROPE;

TRONA;

EID: 78650249324     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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