The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review
This paper provides a new review of archaeometric research carried out on glass found in China, set in an archaeological context, from its earliest occurrence, to the Song dynasty. It is set within a broad geographical context taking the terrestrial and maritime Silk Road contacts into account. We d...
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| description | This paper provides a new review of archaeometric research carried out on glass found in China, set in an archaeological context, from its earliest occurrence, to the Song dynasty. It is set within a broad geographical context taking the terrestrial and maritime Silk Road contacts into account. We discuss chemical and isotopic compositional contrasts in glasses from different periods found in different parts of China, the glasses that were almost certainly made in China and those that were imported. A theme that runs through the paper is the problem of provenancing glass found in China. We discuss the glass artefacts that are of typical Chines types and contrast these with imports. The structure reflects the contrast between imported and Chinese made with glasses. We discuss potential new scientific and archaeological approaches to Chinese glass. |
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| spelling | nottingham-503642018-10-04T14:04:30Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50364/ The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review Henderson, Julian An, J. Ma, H. This paper provides a new review of archaeometric research carried out on glass found in China, set in an archaeological context, from its earliest occurrence, to the Song dynasty. It is set within a broad geographical context taking the terrestrial and maritime Silk Road contacts into account. We discuss chemical and isotopic compositional contrasts in glasses from different periods found in different parts of China, the glasses that were almost certainly made in China and those that were imported. A theme that runs through the paper is the problem of provenancing glass found in China. We discuss the glass artefacts that are of typical Chines types and contrast these with imports. The structure reflects the contrast between imported and Chinese made with glasses. We discuss potential new scientific and archaeological approaches to Chinese glass. Wiley-Blackwell 2018-02-28 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50364/1/Henderson_et_al-2018-Archaeometry.pdf Henderson, Julian, An, J. and Ma, H. (2018) The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review. Archaeometry, 60 (1). pp. 88-104. ISSN 1475-4754 glass silk road lead-barium potassium glass plant-ash glass Roman Sasanian http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/arcm.12368/abstract;jsessionid=38D93152BCC4180A368614D348DF1354.f03t01 doi:10.1111/arcm.12368 doi:10.1111/arcm.12368 |
| spellingShingle | glass silk road lead-barium potassium glass plant-ash glass Roman Sasanian Henderson, Julian An, J. Ma, H. The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review |
| title | The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review |
| title_full | The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review |
| title_fullStr | The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review |
| title_short | The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review |
| title_sort | archaeometry and archaeology of ancient chinese glass: a review |
| topic | glass silk road lead-barium potassium glass plant-ash glass Roman Sasanian |
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