Vitreous materials at Amarna : the production of glass and faience in 18th Dynasty Egypt /
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| Author / Creator: | Shortland, Andrew J. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Archaeopress, 2000. |
| Description: | 184 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | BAR international series 827 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4255835 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- Ch. 2. Analytical Methodology. Scanning Electron Microscope. Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometry. Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy. X-Ray Diffraction
- Ch. 3. Glass, frits and faience. Description and Analysis of Glasses. Microscopic Examination. Composition of the Glasses. Description and Analysis of Faience
- Ch. 4. Ceramics associated with vitreous materials. Ceramics Associated with Vitreous Materials. Experimental Determination of Firing Temperatures for Ceramics. Kiln Wall Fragments. Summary for Ceramics Associated with Vitreous Materials
- Ch. 5. Raw materials of ancient production. Evidence Ancient Texts. Evidence from the Chemistry of Glasses. Summary of Raw Material Sources
- Ch. 6. Methods of production. The Production of Frits. The Production of Glass. The Production of Ordinary Faience. The Production of Variant A Faience - Faience Tiles. The Production of Variant D Faience - Hard, Vitreous, Blue Cores. Layout of Amarna
- Ch. 7. The archaeology of production. The City. The Location of the Faience Workshops. Organisation of the Workshops and Workers. Distribution of Finished Products. Nature of the Faience Produced. Summary of the Archaeology of Production
- Ch. 8. Conclusions |. The Vitreous Materials. Vitreous Materials Workshops. Implications for the Earliest Glass. Production Methods - 18th Dynasty Innovations?