Ancient glass: From kaleidoscope to crystal ball

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 233-241

  Rehren, Th ^a,b   Freestone, Ian C ^b  

^a HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glass; Islamic; Late Antique; Late Bronze Age; Medieval; Roman

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; GLASS; ISLAMISM; MEDIEVAL; ROMAN ERA;

CHINA; EGYPT; EUROPE; MESOPOTAMIA;

EID: 84928529588     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.021     Document Type: Article

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