Glass from the Archaeological Museum of Adria (North-East Italy): new insights into Early Roman production technologies

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2589-2605

  Gallo, Filomena ^a   Silvestri, Alberta ^a   Molin, Gianmario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adria; Colourants; Early Roman glass; North East Italy; Opacifiers; Production technologies; Raw materials

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MUSEUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIN;

NESOVITREA BINNEYANA;

EID: 84874803159     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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