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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. It 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.

Glassware, Ancient. --- Glassware, Classical. --- Glass manufacture --- Classical glassware --- Ancient glassware --- History. --- Social Sciences --- Archeology

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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.

Archaeogeology --- Archaeological geology --- Archeologische geologie --- Geoarchaeology --- Geological archaeology --- Géologie archéologique --- Glassware, Ancient. --- Glass manufacture --- Glassware, Roman. --- Glassware --- Glassware industry --- Glass --- Verrerie antique --- Verre --- Verrerie romaine --- Verrerie --- History --- Industrie --- Histoire --- Rome --- Middle East --- Mediterranean Region --- Moyen-Orient --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Academic collection --- 902 <3> --- Archeologie--Plaatsaanduiding van de Oude Wereld --- 902 <3> Archeologie--Plaatsaanduiding van de Oude Wereld --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Antiquités --- Glassware, Classical. --- History. --- Roman glassware --- Glass industry --- Classical glassware --- Ancient glassware --- Amorphous substances --- Ceramics --- Glazing --- Glass trade --- House furnishings --- Table setting and decoration --- Ceramic industries --- Civilization [Greco-Roman ] --- Archeology --- High Hellenistic --- pot-metal glass