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patrick degryse is Professor of Archae ometry at the department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and director of the Centre for Archaeological Sciences at KU Leuven. His main research efforts focus on the use of mineral raw materials in ancient times.
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Glass Making in the Greco-Roman World
herom Volume 3 – 2014
Results of the archglass project
Journal on Hellenistic and Roman Material Culture
Patrick Degryse (ed.)
Edited by Jeroen Poblome, Daniele Malfitana, and John Lund
New insights into the trade and processing of mineral raw materials for glass making 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 Italian 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.
Third volume available December 2014 – From 2015 onward herom will appear biannually in May and November! herom is a peer-reviewed online journal presenting innovative contributions to the study of material culture produced, exchanged, and consumed within the spheres of the Hellenistic kingdoms and the Roman world from the late 4th century bc to the 7th century ad. The journal publishes papers in the full range of the scholarly field and in all relevant academic disciplines within the arts, humanities, social sciences, and environmental sciences. herom creates a bridge between material culture specialists and the wider scientific community, with an interest in how humans interacted with and regarded artefacts. Content herom, Volume 1 (2012) – Includes a thematic section on: ‘The Material Culture of Roman and Early Christian Pilgrimage’ herom, Volume 2 (2013) – Includes a thematic section on: ‘Artefact Variability, Assemblage Differentiation, and Identity Negotiation: Debating Code-switching in Material Culture’ herom, Volume 3 (2014) – Non-thematic issue, offering a variety of studies. For a full table of contents, visit www.herom.be
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Previously published in the series Studies in Archaeological Sciences
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€ 25,00 / £21.00 isbn 978 94 6270 007 9 November 2014 Hardback, 16 x 24 cm 208 pp. English Studies in Archaeological Sciences 4
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Handheld XRF for Art and Archaeology Aaron N. Shugar, Jennifer L. Mass (eds) € 45,00 / £39.00, isbn 978 90 5867 934 5, paperback – also available as eBook (eisbn 978 94 6166 069 5) Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln. Glass and Glassmaking in the Late Bronze Age Andrew Shortland € 69,50 / £60.50, isbn 978 90 5867 691 7, hardback n
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Volume 3: isbn 978 94 6270 019 2 November 2014 Paperback, 15,2 x 22,9 cm ca. 250 p. English
