ROMAN GLASS-MAKING AT COPPERGATE, YORK? ANALYTICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE NATURE OF PRODUCTION*.

Ceramic vessels and associated vitreous debris, excavated at Coppergate, York, UK, have been interpreted as the remains of Roman glass-making from the raw materials. This paper reports the results of analysis of this assemblage by XRF, ICPS, XRD, SEM– EDAX and thin-section petrography. These finding...

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Publicado en:Archaeometry Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 435 - 457
Autores principales: Jackson, C. M., Joyner, L., Booth, C. A., Day, P. M., Wager, E. C. W., Kilikoglou, V.
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2003
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          Day, P. M.
          Wager, E. C. W.
          Kilikoglou, V.
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          Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield S1 4ET, UK
          Laboratory of Archaeometry, Institute of Materials Science, NCSR ‘Demokritos’, Aghia Paraskevi 153 10, Attiki, Greece
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        INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROMETRY
        PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
        ROMAN
        SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
        X-RAY DIFFRACTION
        X-RAY FLUORESCENCE
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      ab: Ceramic vessels and associated vitreous debris, excavated at Coppergate, York, UK, have been interpreted as the remains of Roman glass-making from the raw materials. This paper reports the results of analysis of this assemblage by XRF, ICPS, XRD, SEM– EDAX and thin-section petrography. These findings suggest that some ceramic vessels, used as crucibles, have been subjected to temperatures up to 1200°C, well above the firing temperatures of the local domestic assemblage from which they were selected. Analysis of quartz-rich debris, intimately mixed with glass in some samples and in others interleaved with glassy phases, indicates partially reacted glass-making raw materials, with α-quartz, tridymite and cristoballite phases represented. This could represent evidence either of a failed attempt to frit the raw materials, or a batch that had not fully fused. Variability in the composition of glass at the site is viewed in the light of glass-making technology, and possible interpretations concerning this episode are discussed in the light of the archaeological evidence.
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