Ancient Glass

Author : Julian Henderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139619370

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Ancient Glass by Julian Henderson Pdf

This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of archaeological glass in which technological, historical, geological, chemical, and cultural aspects of the study of ancient glass are combined. The book examines why and how this unique material was invented some 4,500 years ago and considers the ritual, social, economic, and political contexts of its development. The book also provides an in-depth consideration of glass as a material, the raw materials used to make it, and its wide range of chemical compositions in both the East and the West from its invention to the seventeenth century AD. Julian Henderson focuses on three contrasting archaeological and scientific case studies: Late Bronze Age glass, late Hellenistic-early Roman glass, and Islamic glass in the Middle East. He considers in detail the provenances of ancient glass using scientific techniques and discusses a range of vessels and their uses in ancient societies.

Author : Alok Kumar Kanungo,Laure Dussubieux
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811636561

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Ancient Glass of South Asia by Alok Kumar Kanungo,Laure Dussubieux Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive research on Ancient Indian glass. The contributors include experienced archaeologists of South Asian glass and archaeological chemists with expertise in the chemical analysis of glass, besides, established ethnohistorians and ethnoarchaeologists. It is comprised of five sections, and each section discusses different aspects of glass study: the origin of glass and its evolution, its scientific study and its care, ancient glass in literature and glass ethnography, glass in South Asia and the diffusion of glass in different parts of the world. The topic covered by the different chapters ranges from the development of faience, to the techniques developed for the manufacture of glass beads, glass bangles or glass mirrors at different times in south Asia, a major glass producing region and the regional distribution of key artefacts both within India and outside the region, in Africa, Europe or Southeast Asia. Some chapters also include extended examples of the archaeometry of ancient glasses. It makes an important contribution to archaeological, anthropological and analytical aspects of glass in South Asia. As such, it represents an invaluable resource for students through academic and industry researchers working in archaeological sciences, ancient knowledge system, pyrotechnology, historical archaeology, social archaeology and student of anthropology and history with an interest in glass and the archaeology of South Asia.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814470230

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Ancient Glass Research along the Silk Road by Anonim Pdf

Author : Fuxi Gan,Qinghui Li,Julian Henderson
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9789814630290

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Recent Advances in the Scientific Research on Ancient Glass and Glaze by Fuxi Gan,Qinghui Li,Julian Henderson Pdf

"The aim of the book is to report the recent research development of ancient glass and glazing technology and the historical–cultural exchange of the East and West along the Silk Road. The contents of this book are dedicated to promote the exchanges between researchers in both social and scientific fields. The scope of this book includes the new archaeological findings of ancient glass and faience in the world, the relationship of glassmaking with glazing technology, the development and application of modern techniques used for the characterization of ancient glass and glaze, compound colorants/opacifiers among ancient glass, the early exchanges of culture and techniques used between China and elsewhere along the Silk Road, and so on."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811229787

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Development History Of Ancient Chinese Glass Technology by Anonim Pdf

Worldwide research on ancient glass began in the early 20th century. A consensus has been reached in the community of Archaeology that the first manmade or synthetic glasses, based on archaeological findings, originated in the Middle East during the 5000-3000's BC. By contrast, the manufacturing technology of pottery and ceramics were well developed in ancient China. The earliest pottery and ceramics dates back to the Shang Dynasty - the Zhou Dynasty (1700 BC-770 BC), while the earliest ancient glass artifacts unearthed in China dates back to the Western Han Dynasty. Utilizing the state-of-the art analytical and spectroscopic methods, the recent findings demonstrate that China had already developed its own glassmaking technology at latest since 200 BC. There are two schools of viewpoint on the origin of ancient Chinese glass. The more common one believes that ancient Chinese glass originated from the import of glassmaking technology from the West as a result of Sino-West trade exchanges in the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-25 AD). The other scientifically demonstrates that homemade ancient Chinese glass with unique domestic formula containing both PbO and BaO were made as early as in the Pre-Qin Period or even the Warring States Period (770 BC-221 BC), known as Yousha or Faience.This English version of the previously published Chinese book entitled Development History of Ancient Chinese Glass Technology is for universities and research institutes where various research and educational activities of ancient glass and history are conducted. With 18 chapters, the scope of this book covers very detailed information on scientifically based findings of ancient Chinese glass development and imports and influence of foreign glass products as well as influence of the foreign glass manufacturing processes through the trade exchanges along the Silk Road(s).

Author : City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015056652087

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Ancient Glass by City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Pdf

Author : Fuxi Gan
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789812833563

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Ancient Glass Research Along the Silk Road by Fuxi Gan Pdf

English translation of the Chinese publication Si chou zhi lu shang de gu dai bo li yan jiu, proceedings of the 2004 Urumqi Symposium on Ancient Glass in Northern China and the 2005 Shanghai International Workshop of Archaeology of Glass, with the addition of some new information and six previously unpublished papers presented at the International Congress on Glass held in Kyoto, Japan in 2004.

Author : Gosudarstvennyj Ėrmitaž
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Glass art
ISBN : UOM:39015056677662

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Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection by Gosudarstvennyj Ėrmitaž Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : OCLC:871928282

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Ancient Glass by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Census Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1342 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : United States
ISBN : CHI:20870662

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Census Reports Tenth Census: Report of the manufacturers of the United States at the Tenth Census (June 1, 1980), embracing general statistics and monographs on power used in manufacturers. The factory system. Interchangeable mechanism. Hardware, cutlery, etc. Iron and steel. Silk manufacture. Cotton manufacture. Woolen manufacture. Chemical products and salt. Glass manufacture by United States. Census Office Pdf

Author : E. M. Stern,Birgit Schlick-Nolte
Publisher : Hatje Cantz
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015034435787

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Early Glass of the Ancient World by E. M. Stern,Birgit Schlick-Nolte Pdf

"Precious Egyptian glass of the Pharaonic period, luxury wares of Hellenistic times, and brilliant mosaic glass inlays from the Ptolemaic period and the early years of the Roman Empire - products of almost all the significant glass centers of the ancient world - are here presented for the first time. This splendid array was gathered in a few decennia by Ernesto Wolf who, recognizing the importance of preserving as much as possible of the archaeological context of ancient glass, acquired groups of finds in their entirety, among them an important hoard of Hellenistic luxury glass. The product of a discerning collector with a keen eye for beauty, these 155 vessels and objects range from the beginnings of glassworking in the sixteenth century B.C. to the first century A.D. when the novel technique of glassblowing spread through the Roman Empire." "Of particular value is a systematic analysis - the first to date - of the history of ancient glass technology. Presented in easy-to-understand language and accompanied by numerous comparative photographs and drawings, step-by-step descriptions of studio experiments reconstruct the techniques of the ancient artisans. The descriptive catalogue of this comprehensive collection is illustrated with full-color photographs by Peter Frankenstein and Hendrik Zwietasch who have captured the magic of ancient glass, enabling the reader to behold many small objects as through a magnifying glass. E. Marianne Stern and Birgit Schlick-Nolte meticulously researched and documented Ernesto Wolf's collection to create an essential handbook of early ancient glass."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Wendy Reade
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789697049

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The First Thousand Years of Glass-Making in the Ancient Near East by Wendy Reade Pdf

This volume explores glass composition and production from the mid-second to mid-first millennia BC, the first thousand years of glass-making. Multi-element analyses of 132 glasses from Pella in Jordan, and Nuzi and Nimrud in Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) produce new and important data that provide insights into the earliest glass production.

Author : Patrick Degryse
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789462700079

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Glass Making in the Greco-Roman World by Patrick Degryse Pdf

New insights into the trade and processing of mineral raw materials for glass making - Free ebook at OAPEN Library (www.oapen.org) This book presents a reconstruction of the Hellenistic-Roman glass industry from the point of view of raw material procurement. Within the ERC funded ARCHGLASS project, the authors of this work developed new geochemical techniques to provenance primary glass making. They investigated both production and consumer sites of glass, and identified suitable mineral resources for glass making through geological prospecting. Because the source of the raw materials used in the manufacturing of natron glass can be determined, new insights in the trade of this material are revealed. While eastern Mediterranean glass factories were active throughout the Hellenistic to early Islamic period, western Mediterranean and possibly Italian and North African sources also supplied the Mediterranean world with raw glass in early Roman times. By combining archaeological and scientific data, the authors develop new interdisciplinary techniques for an innovative archaeological interpretation of glass trade in the Hellenistic-Roman world, highlighting the development of glass as an economic material. Contributors Annelore Blomme (KU Leuven), Sara Boyen (KU Leuven), Dieter Brems (KU Leuven), Florence Cattin (Université de Bourgogne), Mike Carremans (KU Leuven), Veerle Devulder (KU Leuven, UGent), Thomas Fenn (Yale University), Monica Ganio (Northwestern University), Johan Honings (KU Leuven), Rebecca Scott (KU Leuven)

Author : Toledo Museum of Art,David F. Grose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Glassware
ISBN : UOM:39076000957667

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Early Ancient Glass by Toledo Museum of Art,David F. Grose Pdf

Definitive history reproduces 713 vessels and objects. Nearly 1,000 illustrations, 130 color.

Author : Daniela Rosenow,Matt Phelps,Andrew Meek,Ian Freestone
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781787351189

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Things that Travelled by Daniela Rosenow,Matt Phelps,Andrew Meek,Ian Freestone Pdf

Recent research has demonstrated that, in the Roman, Late Antique, Early Islamic and Medieval worlds, glass was traded over long distances, from the Eastern Mediterranean, mainly Egypt and Israel, to Northern Africa, the Western Mediterranean and Northern Europe. Things that Travelled, a collaboration between the UCL Early Glass Technology Research Network, the Association for the History of Glass and the British Museum, aims to build on this knowledge. Covering all aspects of glass production, technology, distribution and trade in Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval/Early Islamic times, including studies from Britain, Egypt, Cyprus, Italy and many others, the volume combines the strengths of the sciences and cultural studies to offer a new approach to research on ancient glass. By bringing together such a varied mix of contributors, specialising in a range of geographical areas and chronological time frames, this volume also offers a valuable contribution to broader discussions on glass within political, economic, cultural and historical arenas.