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Vitreous Materials in the Late Bronze Age Aegean
Caroline Jackson
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Description for Vitreous Materials in the Late Bronze Age Aegean
Paperback. The explosion of research in the field of ancient and historic glasses has opened up glass studies in recent years. Editor(s): Jackson, Caroline. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w and 8p col ills, tabs. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 640.
The explosion of research in the field of ancient and historic glasses has opened up glass studies in recent years. However, our deeper understanding of the technology and provenance of Bronze Age Egyptian and Roman glasses in the Mediterranean has not been mirrored by our studies of glasses and other vitreous materials found in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. There are few studies which collate the material culture of the region and still fewer which explore the patterning of vitreous materials in the landscape. Our knowledge of where the material originated and ... Read more
The explosion of research in the field of ancient and historic glasses has opened up glass studies in recent years. However, our deeper understanding of the technology and provenance of Bronze Age Egyptian and Roman glasses in the Mediterranean has not been mirrored by our studies of glasses and other vitreous materials found in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. There are few studies which collate the material culture of the region and still fewer which explore the patterning of vitreous materials in the landscape. Our knowledge of where the material originated and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842172612
SKU
V9781842172612
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Ref
99-3
About Caroline Jackson
Caroline Jackson is Reader in Archaeological Meterials in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. Her research interests are in the study and scientific analysis of archaeological materials, specialising in glass and other vitreous materials such as faience, particularly relating to Bronze Age Egypt and the Aegean and on Roman glasses from consumption contexts.
Reviews for Vitreous Materials in the Late Bronze Age Aegean
This book should be in every serious library used by those interested in Aegean prehistory, and the volume also provides a fine introduction to the subject as a whole, so it will also be of interest to those who study Medieval and later vitreous materials.'
Philip P. Betancourt Journal of Archaeological Science, 36, 2009 An excellent contribution to the ... Read more
Philip P. Betancourt Journal of Archaeological Science, 36, 2009 An excellent contribution to the ... Read more