Western Mediterranean sand deposits as a raw material for Roman glass production

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2897-2907

  Brems, Dieter ^a   Degryse, Patrick ^a   Hasendoncks, Femke ^a   Gimeno, Domingo ^b   Silvestri, Alberta ^c   Vassilieva, Elvira ^a   Luypaers, Steven ^a   Honings, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calculated glass compositions; Natron glass; Primary production; Raw materials; Roman; Sand; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLASS; LIME; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; ROMAN ERA; SAND;

ANDALUCIA; BASILICATA; EGYPT; FRANCE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; HUELVA [HUELVA (PRV)]; ITALY; MURCIA [SPAIN]; PROVENCE; PUGLIA; SPAIN; VOLTURNO RIVER;

EID: 84862147119     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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