New light on plant ash glass found in Africa: evidence for Indian Ocean Silk Road trade using major, minor, trace element and lead isotope analysis of glass from the 15th—16th century AD from Malindi and Mambrui, Kenya

Seventeen glass vessels and twenty glass beads recovered from the excavations at the ancient city of Malindi and the archaeological site of Mambrui in Kenya, east Africa were analysed using electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS...

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Main Authors: Siu, Ieong, Henderson, Julian, Qin, Dashu, Ding, Yu, Cui, Jiangfeng, Ma, Hongjiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2020
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/64812/